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# Installation

This is a guide to installing the Translate Toolkit on your system. If the Translate Toolkit is already packaged for your system, this is probably the easiest way to install it. For several Linux distributions, the package might be available through your package manager.

If your system already has the toolkit prepackaged, then please let us know what steps are required to install it.

## Download

The recommended installation is using uv or pip in a virtual environment.

    uv pip install translate-toolkit

You can also download a stable released version and install it manually.

For those who need problems fixed, or who want to work on the bleeding edge, get the latest source from Git.

## Installing packaged versions

Many Linux distributions come with translate-toolkit packaged, use your distribution command to install it:

On Debian (if you are on etch), just type the following command:

    # Debian / Ubuntu
    apt install translate-toolkit

    # Fedora / RedHat
    dnf install translate-toolkit

    # openSUSE
    zypper install translate-toolkit

## Installing on Windows

On Windows we recommend that you install Translate Toolkit using a virtual environment. This makes installation clean and isolated.

Use the latest Python 3.9. Install virtualenvwrapper-win to simplify handling of virtualenvs.

1. Install latest Python 3.9

2. Open cmd.exe or similar

3. pip install virtualenvwrapper-win

4. mkvirtualenv ttk where “ttk” is the name for the new virtualenv

5. pip install translate-toolkit[recommended] to install latest stable or pip install –pre translate-toolkit[recommended] to try a pre-release

6. po2prop –version to double check you have the right version

Next times you need to use Translate Toolkit just remember to:

1. Open cmd.exe or similar

2. workon ttk to enable the virtualenv again

3. Run the Translate Toolkit commands you want

## Installing from Git

If you want to try the bleeding edge, or just want to have the latest fixes from a stabilising branch then you need to use Git to get your sources:

    $ git clone https://github.com/translate/translate.git

This will retrieve the `master` branch of the Toolkit. Further Git instructions are also available.

Once you have the sources you have two options, a full install:

    $ uv pip install .

or, running the tools from the source directory:

    $ uv pip install -e .

## Verify installed version

To verify which version of the toolkit you have installed run:

    $ prop2po --version
    prop2po 3.15.1