Installation

Prerequisites

Applicable to Python 2 and Python 3.

Method 1: Install Python by using pip.
The command is as follows.
```
	sudo pip install tablestore
```
Method 2: Install Python by using GitHub.
Make sure you have installed git, and then run the following command.
```
git clone https://github.com/aliyun/aliyun-tablestore-python-sdk.git
sudo python setup.py  install
```
Method 3: Install Python by using source code.
1. Download the Python SDK.
2. Decompress the SDK, and then run the following command.
```
sudo python setup.py install
```

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

>>> import tablestore
>>> tablestore.__version__
'4.3.7'

Uninstall python SDK by using pip.

sudo pip uninstall tablestore