============ Installation ============ .. contents:: :depth: 3 Official releases ================= Official releases are available from `PyPI`_. You can install it using the `pip`:: pip install django-mptt You can also download the .zip distribution file and unpack it. Inside is a script named ``setup.py``. Enter this command:: python setup.py install ...and the package will install automatically. .. _`PyPI`: https://pypi.org/project/django-mptt/ .. _`pip`: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/ Development version =================== Alternatively, you can get the latest source from our `git`_ repository:: git clone git://github.com/django-mptt/django-mptt.git django-mptt Add the resulting folder to your `PYTHONPATH`_ or symlink the ``mptt`` directory inside it into a directory which is on your PYTHONPATH, such as your Python installation's ``site-packages`` directory. You can verify that the application is available on your PYTHONPATH by opening a Python interpreter and entering the following commands:: >>> import mptt >>> mptt.VERSION (0, 5, '+dev') When you want to update your copy of the source code, run ``git pull`` from within the ``django-mptt`` directory. .. caution:: The development version may contain bugs which are not present in the release version and introduce backwards-incompatible changes. If you're tracking master, keep an eye on the recent `Commit History`_ before you update your copy of the source code. .. _`git`: https://git-scm.com/ .. _`PYTHONPATH`: http://docs.python.org/tut/node8.html#SECTION008110000000000000000 .. _`Commit History`: https://github.com/django-mptt/django-mptt/commits/master