.. _install:

Installing with Pip
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You can install Parcel with Pip::

    $ pip install parcel



Installing from source
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Parcel is available on the `BitBucket project page <https://bitbucket.org/andrewmacgregor/parcel>`_.

Clone the public repository::

    $ hg clone https://bitbucket.org/andrewmacgregor/parcel
    
Once you have a copy of the source code, install it into your python environment::

    $ python setup.py install
    
Checking Parcel is installed
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To check that Parcel is successfully installed::

    $ python
    Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jun 24 2010, 21:47:49) 
    [GCC 4.2.1] on debian
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> import parcel