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Step 3. Install Scrapy
======================
We're working hard to get the first release of Scrapy out. In the meantime,
please download the latest development version from the `Mercurial`_
repository.
There are three ways to download and install Scrapy:
1. Download Scrapy from the `Download page`_. Scrapy is distributed in two
ways: a source code tarball (for Unix and Mac OS X systems) and a Windows
installer (for Windows). If you downloaded the tar.gz you can install it as
any Python package using ``setup.py``::
tar zxf scrapy-X.X.X.tar.gz
cd scrapy-X.X.X
python setup.py install
If you downloaded the Windows installer, just run it.
2. Install Scrapy using `easy_install`_::
easy_install -U scrapy
3. Check out the latest development code from the `Mercurial`_ repository (you
need to install Mercurial first)::
hg clone http://hg.scrapy.org/scrapy scrapy-trunk
.. note:: If you use the development version of Scrapy, you should subscribe
to the mailing lists to get notified of any changes to the API.
.. _Download page: http://scrapy.org/download/
.. _Mercurial: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/
.. _easy_install: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall
Just follow these steps:
.. warning:: In Windows, you may need to add the ``C:\Python25\Scripts`` (or
``C:\Python26\scripts``) folder to the system path by adding that directory
to the ``PATH`` environment variable from the `Control Panel`_.
3.1. Install Mercurial
-----------------------
Make sure that you have `Mercurial`_ installed, and that you can run its
commands from a shell. (Enter ``hg help`` at a shell prompt to test this.)
3.2. Check out the Scrapy source code
-------------------------------------
By running the following command::
hg clone http://hg.scrapy.org/scrapy scrapy-trunk
3.3. Install the Scrapy module
------------------------------
Install the Scrapy module by running the following commands::
cd scrapy-trunk
python setup.py install
If you're on Unix-like systems (Linux, Mac, etc) you may need to run the second
command with root privileges, for example by running::
sudo python setup.py install
.. warning:: In Windows, you may need to add the ``C:\Python25\Scripts`` folder
to the system path by adding that directory to the ``PATH`` environment
variable from the `Control Panel`_.
.. warning:: Keep in mind that Scrapy is still being changed, as we haven't yet
released the first stable version. So it's important that you keep updating
the code periodically and reinstalling the Scrapy module. A more convenient
way is to use Scrapy module without installing it (see below).
Use Scrapy without installing it
================================
Use Scrapy without "installing" it
==================================
Another alternative is to use the Scrapy module without installing it which
makes it easier to keep using the last Development code without having to
reinstall it everytime you do a ``hg pull -u``.
makes it easier to keep using the last development code without having to
reinstall it every time you do a ``hg pull -u``.
You can do this by following the next steps: