| ## Installation |
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| **SkyWalking Python agent requires SkyWalking 8.0+ and Python 3.6+** |
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| You can install the SkyWalking Python agent via various ways. |
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| > If you want to try out the latest features that are not released yet, please refer to this [guide](faq/How-to-build-from-sources.md) to build from sources. |
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| ### From PyPI |
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| The Python agent module is published to [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/apache-skywalking/), from where you can use `pip` to install: |
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| ```shell |
| # Install the latest version, using the default gRPC protocol to report data to OAP |
| pip install "apache-skywalking" |
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| # Install the latest version, using the http protocol to report data to OAP |
| pip install "apache-skywalking[http]" |
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| # Install the latest version, using the kafka protocol to report data to OAP |
| pip install "apache-skywalking[kafka]" |
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| # Install a specific version x.y.z |
| # pip install apache-skywalking==x.y.z |
| pip install apache-skywalking==0.1.0 # For example, install version 0.1.0 no matter what the latest version is |
| ``` |
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| ### From Docker Hub |
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| SkyWalking Python agent starts to provide convenient dockerfile |
| and images for easy integration utilizing its [auto-bootstrap](CLI.md) capability. |
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| Simply pull SkyWalking Python image from [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/skywalking-python) |
| based on desired agent version, protocol and Python version. |
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| ```dockerfile |
| FROM apache/skywalking-python:0.7.0-grpc-py3.9 |
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| # ... build your Python application |
| ``` |
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| Then, You can build your Python application image based on our agent-enabled Python images and start |
| your applications with SkyWalking agent enabled for you. Please refer to our |
| [Containerization Guide](Container.md) for further instructions on integration and configuring. |
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| ### From Source Code |
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| Please refer to the [How-to-build-from-sources FAQ](faq/How-to-build-from-sources.md). |
