Installing netaddr
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netaddr is available in various formats :

* source code repository

* source distribution packages (tarball and zip formats)

* Python universal wheel packages

Various Linux distributions make it available via their package
managers.


Locating the software
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The netaddr project is hosted here on github

   http://github.com/drkjam/netaddr/


Installing from the Python Package Index
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The easiest way to install netaddr is to use pip.

Download and install the latest version from PyPI -
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip and run the following command

   pip install netaddr


Installing from a source package
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Download the latest release tarball/zip file and extract it to a
temporary directory or clone the repository into a local working
directory.

Run the setup file from directory:

   python setup.py install

This automatically places the required files in the "lib/site-
packages" directory of the Python version you used to run the setup
script, may also be part of a virtualenv or similar environment
manager.
