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A short introduction on how to install packages from the Python Package Index (PyPI), and how to make, distribute and upload your own.

This guide is no longer being maintained - more up-to-date and complete information is in the Python Packaging User Guide. To see what was previously in this page, please visit the previous edit in the wiki page history. Thank you to the writers who created this documentation! If you believe anything that was this page is missing from the current Python Packaging User Guide, please file an issue!

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