Installing SQLAlchemy from scratch is most easily achieved with [setuptools][]. ([setuptools installation][install setuptools]). Just run this from the command-line:
- $ easy_install SQLAlchemy
+ # easy_install SQLAlchemy
This command will download the latest version of SQLAlchemy from the [Python Cheese Shop][cheese] and install it to your system.
Otherwise, you can install from the distribution using the `setup.py` script:
- $ python setup.py install
+ # python setup.py install
### Installing a Database API {@name=dbms}