You can install :mod:`github2` either via the Python Package Index (PyPI) or from source.

To install using :pypi:`pip`:

$ pip install github2  # to install in Python's site-packages
$ pip install --install-option="--user" github2  # to install for a single user

To install using :pypi:`easy_install <setuptools>`:

$ easy_install github2

If you have downloaded a source tarball you can install it by doing the following:

$ python setup.py build
# python setup.py install  # to install in Python's site-packages
$ python setup.py install --user  # to install for a single user

:mod:`github2` depends on :pypi:`httplib2`, an excellent package by Joe Gregorio for handling HTTP sessions. :pypi:`python-dateutil` is used for its date handling [1]. :pypi:`simplejson` is also required when using :mod:`github2` with Python 2.4 or 2.5. If you install via :pypi:`pip` or :pypi:`easy_install <setuptools>` the dependencies should be installed automatically for you.