.. _getting:

Installation
============

Pint has no dependencies except Python_ itself. In runs on Python 2.7 and 3.0+.

You can install it using pip_::

    $ pip install pint

or using easy_install_::

    $ easy_install pint

That's all! You can check that Pint is correctly installed by starting up python, and importing pint:

    >>> import pint

.. note:: If you have an old system installation of Python and you don't want to
   mess with it, you can try `Anaconda CE`_. It is a free Python distribution by
   Continuum Analytics that includes many scientific packages.

On Arch Linux, you can alternatively install Pint from the Arch User Repository
(AUR). The latest release is available as `python-pint`_, and packages tracking
the master branch of the GitHub repository are available as `python-pint-git`_
and `python2-pint-git`_.


Getting the code
----------------

You can also get the code from PyPI_ or GitHub_. You can either clone the public repository::

    $ git clone git://github.com/hgrecco/pint.git

Download the tarball::

    $ curl -OL https://github.com/hgrecco/pint/tarball/master

Or, download the zipball::

    $ curl -OL https://github.com/hgrecco/pint/zipball/master

Once you have a copy of the source, you can embed it in your Python package, or install it into your site-packages easily::

    $ python setup.py install



.. _easy_install: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
.. _pip: http://www.pip-installer.org/
.. _`Anaconda CE`: https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda
.. _`python-pint`: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-pint/
.. _`python-pint-git`: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-pint-git/
.. _`python2-pint-git`: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python2-pint-git/
.. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pint/
.. _GitHub: https://github.com/hgrecco/pint