Installation
------------
-You have multiple ways to install Jinja2. If you are unsure what to do, go
-with the Python egg or tarball.
+You can install the most recent Jinja2 version using `pip`_::
-As a Python egg (via `easy_install`)
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-You can install the most recent Jinja2 version using `easy_install`_ or `pip`_::
-
- easy_install Jinja2
pip install Jinja2
-This will install a Jinja2 egg in your Python installation's site-packages
-directory.
-
-From the tarball release
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-1. Download the most recent tarball from the `download page`_
-2. Unpack the tarball
-3. ``python setup.py install``
-
-Note that you either have to have `setuptools` or `distribute` installed;
-the latter is preferred.
-
-This will install Jinja2 into your Python installation's site-packages directory.
+This will install Jinja2 in your Python installation's site-packages directory.
Installing the development version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
which will install the package via `distribute` in development mode. This also
has the advantage that the C extensions are compiled.
-.. _download page: https://pypi.org/project/Jinja2/
.. _distribute: https://pypi.org/project/distribute/
.. _setuptools: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools
-.. _easy_install: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall
.. _pip: https://pypi.org/project/pip/
.. _git: https://git-scm.org/
MarkupSafe Dependency
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-As of version 2.7 Jinja2 depends on the `MarkupSafe`_ module. If you
-install Jinja2 via `pip` or `easy_install` it will be installed
-automatically for you.
+As of version 2.7 Jinja2 depends on the `MarkupSafe`_ module. If you install
+Jinja2 via ``pip`` it will be installed automatically for you.
.. _MarkupSafe: https://pypi.org/project/MarkupSafe/