Installation ============ This part of the documentation covers the installation of Flask-WTF. The first step to using any software package is getting it properly installed. Distribute & Pip ---------------- Installing Flask-WTF is simple with `pip `_:: $ pip install Flask-WTF or, with `easy_install `_:: $ easy_install Flask-WTF But, you really `shouldn't do that `_. Cheeseshop Mirror ----------------- If the Cheeseshop is down, you can also install Flask-WTF from one of the mirrors. `Crate.io `_ is one of them:: $ pip install -i http://simple.crate.io/ Flask-WTF Get the Code ------------ Flask-WTF is actively developed on GitHub, where the code is `always available `_. You can either clone the public repository:: git clone git://github.com/ajford/flask-wtf.git Download the `tarball `_:: $ curl -OL https://github.com/ajford/flask-wtf/tarball/master Or, download the `zipball `_:: $ curl -OL https://github.com/ajford/flask-wtf/zipball/master Once you have a copy of the source, you can embed it in your Python package, or install it into your site-packages easily:: $ python setup.py install