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Downloads
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Stable Versions
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The stable versions of PyTables can be downloaded from the file `download
area`_ on SourceForge.net. The full distribution contains a copy of this
documentation in HTML. The documentation in both HTML and PDF formats can
also be downloaded separately from the same URL.
A *pure source* version of the package (mainly intended for developers and
packagers) is available on the `tags page`_ on GitHub. It contains all files
under SCM but not the (generated) files, HTML doc and *cythonized* C
extensions, so it is smaller that the standard package (about 3.5MB).
Windows binaries can be obtained from many different distributions, like
`Python(x,y)`_, ActiveState_, or Enthought_.
In addition, Christoph Gohlke normally does an excellent job by providing
binaries for many interesting software on his
`website `_.
You may be interested to install the latest released stable version::
$ pip install tables
Or, you may prefer to install the stable version in Git repository
using :program:`pip`. For example, for the stable 3.1 series, you can do::
$ pip install --install-option='--prefix=' \
-e git+https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables.git@v.3.1#egg=tables
.. _`download area`: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pytables/files/pytables
.. _`tags page`: https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables/tags
.. _`Python(x,y)`: http://code.google.com/p/pythonxy
.. _ActiveState: http://www.activestate.com/activepython
.. _Enthought: https://www.enthought.com/products/epd
Bleeding Edge Versions
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The latest, coolest, and possibly buggiest ;-) sources can be obtained from
the new github repository:
https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables
A
`snapshot `_
of the code in development is also available on the `GitHub project page`_.
.. _`GitHub project page`: https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables