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Installation
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Python Versions
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stevedore is tested under Python 2.7 and 3.4.

.. _install-basic:

Basic Installation
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stevedore should be installed into the same site-packages area where
the application and extensions are installed (either a virtualenv or
the global site-packages). You may need administrative privileges to
do that.  The easiest way to install it is using pip_::

  $ pip install stevedore

or::

  $ sudo pip install stevedore

.. _pip: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip

Download
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stevedore releases are hosted on PyPI and can be downloaded from:
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/stevedore

Source Code
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The source is hosted on the OpenStack infrastructure: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/stevedore/

Entry point inspector
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To list entrypoints and registered plugins this tool can be also very useful:
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/entry_point_inspector

Reporting Bugs
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Please report bugs through the launchpad project:
https://launchpad.net/python-stevedore