# Installation

DataPoint for Python can be installed like any other Python module.

It is available on PyPI and the source is available on GitHub.

## Pip

Pip makes Python package installation simple. For the latest stable version just fire up your terminal and run:

    pip install datapoint

or for the very latest code from the repository’s master branch run:

    pip install git+git://github.com/ejep/datapoint-python.git@master

and to upgrade it in the future:

    pip install git+git://github.com/ejep/datapoint-python.git@master --upgrade

## Easy Install

Or if you really feel the need then you can use easy_install.

    easy_install datapoint

But you probably shouldn’t.

## Source

You can also install from the source in GitHub.

First checkout the GitHub repository (or you can download the zip and extract it).

    git clone https://github.com/ejep/datapoint-python.git datapoint-python

Navigate to that directory

    cd datapoint-python

Then run the setup

    python setup.py install

## Windows

- Install python - you can see supported versions in the readme

- Install the appropriate setuptools python extension for your machine

- Install the appropriate pip python extension for your machine

- Add pip to your environment variables:

  - Run Start > Edit the environment variables for your account

  - Create a new variable:

  - name pip

  - value the path to pip.exe (this should be something like `C:Python27Scripts`)

- From the command line run pip install datapoint