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[svn r57689] mentioning "-U" switch. 

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With a working `setuptools installation`_ you can install from the command line::
easy_install py
easy_install -U py
to get the latest release of the py lib. On non-Windows systems you will
need a working C-compiler in order to successfully complete this step.
The py lib and its tools are expected to work well on Linux, Windows
and OSX, Python versions 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6.
to get the latest release of the py lib. The ``-U`` switch
will trigger an upgrade if you already have an older version installed.
The py lib and its tools are expected to work well on Linux,
Windows and OSX, Python versions 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6.
Note that we provide binary eggs for Windows machines - on
non-Windows systems you need a working C-compiler in order to
install the full py lib. If you don't have a compiler available
you can still install the py lib but without greenlets - look
below for the ``install_lib`` target.
**IMPORTANT NOTE**: if you are using Windows and have previous
installations of the py lib on your system, please download
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python setup.py install_lib
You will then not be able to use greenlets but otherwise
should be fine.
``py.test`` and all tools and APIs are fine to use.
Installing from subversion / develop mode
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