Installation

Prerequisites

Applicable to Python v2.6 and Python v2.7.

Method 1: Install Python by using pip.

The command is as follows:

    pip install tablestore

Method 2: Install Python by using GitHub.

Make sure you have installed git. Then execute the following command:

git clone https://github.com/aliyun/aliyun-tablestore-python-sdk.git
python setup.py  install   # Support python2.7 only

Method 3: Install Python by using source code.

Download the Python SDK: aliyun-tablestore-python-sdk-4.2.0.tar.gz.
Decompress the SDK and then execute the following command:
```
python setup.py install     # Support python2.7 only
```

Enter python on the command line and press ENTER to check the version.

>>> import tablestore
>>> tablestore.__version__
'4.1.0'

Uninstall python SDK by using pip.

pip uninstall tablestore