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+title:      Installation
+prev_title: Summary
+prev_url:   index.html
+next_title: Library Reference
+next_url:   reference.html
+
+Installing Python-Markdown
+==========================
+
+The Easy Way
+------------
+
+The easiest way to install Python-Markdown is simply to type one of the 
+following commands from the command line as an Admin/Root user:
+
+    pip install markdown
+
+or
+
+    easy_install markdown
+
+That's it! Your ready to [use](reference.html) Python-Markdown. Enjoy!
+
+Installing on Windows
+---------------------
+
+Download the Windows installer (.exe) from 
+[PyPI](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown)
+
+Double-click the file and follow the instructions.
+
+If you prefer to manually install Python-Markdown in Windows, download the
+Zip file, unzip it, and on the command line in the directory you unzipped to,
+run the following command:
+
+    C://path/to/python.exe setup.py install
+
+If you plan to use the provided command line script, you need to make sure your
+script directory is on your system path. On a typical Python install of Windows
+the Scripts directory is `C:\PythonXX\Scripts\` (were "XX" is the Python version
+number, i.e., "27"). Adjust the path according to your system and add to your 
+system path.
+
+Installing on *nix Systems
+--------------------------
+
+From the command line do the following (where 2.x is the version number):
+
+    wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/M/Markdown/Markdown-2.x.tar.gz
+    tar xvzf Markdown-2.x.tar.gz
+    cd markdown-2.x/
+    sudo python setup.py install
+
+See [PyPI](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown) for all available versions.
+
+Using the Git Repository
+------------------------
+
+If you're the type that likes to live on the edge, you may want to keep up with 
+the latest additions and bug fixes in the repository between releases.
+Python-Markdown is maintained in a Git repository on github.com. To
+get a copy of Python-Markdown from the repository do the following from the
+command line:
+
+    git clone git://github.com/waylan/Python-Markdown.git python-markdown
+    cd python-markdown
+    python setup.py install
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+Python-Markdown requires the ElementTree module to be installed. In Python 2.5+ 
+ElementTree is included as part of the standard library at 
+`xml.etree.ElementTree` and/or `xml.etree.cElementTree`. For earlier versions 
+of Python, the library needs to be installed.  However, Python-Markdown's 
+install script will automaticaly detect the missing library and download and 
+install the "ElementTree" library for you if your system has internet access. 
+If you would like to use the "cElementTree" library (which is faster), you can 
+install it manually. Markdown will check for the faster "c" library first and 
+fall back to the slower python implementation when it is not available.
+
+See <http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm> for more information or to 
+download the latest version of ElementTree.