Linux¶

Python 2.x should come with your distribution. If not, or if 2.x isn’t installed, you will need to install the appropriate package. Please refer to your package manager for the appropriate version.

Mac OS X¶

Python 2.x comes pre-installed on Mac OS X.

Windows¶

You can install Python by running the latest Python 2.7 Installer for Windows. We recommend the 32-bit MSI installer, as setuptools is not packaged for 64-bit.

Linux and Mac OS X¶

To install setuptools on Debian, Ubuntu, or another Debian-based distribution, type:

$ apt-get install python-setuptools

To install on Fedora 8 and above, type:

$ yum install -y python-setuptools-devel.noarch

To install on a RedHat Enterprise, CentOS, Fedora 7 and earlier, or another RedHat-based distribution, type:

$ yum install python-setuptools

Users of other distributions should check with their distribution for native packages, or follow the setuptools installation instructions.

If the version of setuptools available for your distribution is older than 0.6c9, you’ll need to install it first, and then upgrade it to the latest version by running:

$ easy_install -U setuptools

Windows¶

You’ll then need to run the latest Python setuptools Installer (look toward the bottom of the page for the file listing).

Once Python and setuptools are installed, you may need to add a couple directories to your system path.

1. Open Start ‣ Control Panel and navigate to the System icon.
2. Click on the Advanced tab.
3. Click Environment Variables.
4. Find PATH in System variables and click Edit.
5. Add ;C:\Python27;C:\Python27\Scripts (substitute your Python directory if it’s not C:\Python27) to the end of the list.

Depending on your version control system, you may also need to install the command-line version of the client. Graphical clients like TortoiseCVS or TortoiseSVN are not sufficient, and a cvs or svn binary is required.