# Installation

This part of the documentation covers the installation of SQLAlchemy-i18n.

## Supported platforms

SQLAlchemy-i18n has been tested against the following Python platforms.

- cPython 2.6

- cPython 2.7

- cPython 3.3

- cPython 3.4

- cPython 3.5

## Installing an official release

You can install the most recent official SQLAlchemy-i18n version using pip:

    pip install sqlalchemy-i18n

## Installing the development version

To install the latest version of SQLAlchemy-i18n, you need first obtain a copy of the source. You can do that by cloning the git repository:

    git clone git://github.com/kvesteri/sqlalchemy-i18n.git

Then you can install the source distribution using the `setup.py` script:

    cd sqlalchemy-i18n
    python setup.py install

## Checking the installation

To check that SQLAlchemy-i18n has been properly installed, type `python` from your shell. Then at the Python prompt, try to import SQLAlchemy-i18n, and check the installed version:

    >>> import sqlalchemy_i18n
    >>> sqlalchemy_i18n.__version__
    1.1.0