Installation
============

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Instaloader requires `Python <https://www.python.org/>`__, at least
version 3.5.  If you have `pip <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip>`__
installed, you may install Instaloader using

::

    pip3 install instaloader

Alternatively, to get the most current version of Instaloader from our
`Git repository <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader>`__:

::

    pip3 install git+https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader

(pass ``--upgrade`` to upgrade if Instaloader is already installed)

Instaloader requires
`requests <http://python-requests.org/>`__, which
will be installed automatically, if it is not already installed.

**Alternative methods for installing Instaloader:**

- If you do not want to use pip, even though it is highly recommended,
  and prefer to **install Instaloader manually**,
  `Download the Source <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases>`__,
  extract the Zip or Tarball and execute ``instaloader.py`` from there.

- On **Arch Linux**, you may install Instaloader using the
  `Instaloader AUR package <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/instaloader/>`__.

- On **Gentoo Linux**, you may install Instaloader using the
  `Instaloader Ebuild <https://bugs.gentoo.org/642100>`__.