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.. _guide:

Introduction
============

Welcome to the User Guide for the Python bindings of Arrow DataFusion. This guide aims to provide an introduction to
DataFusion through various examples and highlight the most effective ways of using it.

Installation
------------

DataFusion is a Python library and, as such, can be installed via pip from `PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/datafusion>`__.

.. code-block:: shell

    pip install datafusion

You can verify the installation by running:

.. ipython:: python

    import datafusion
    datafusion.__version__