Note
Check intro-install-platform-notes
first.
The installation steps assume that you have the following things installed:
- Python 2.7
- pip and setuptools Python packages. Nowadays pip requires and installs setuptools if not installed. Python 2.7.9 and later include pip by default, so you may have it already.
- lxml. Most Linux distributions ships prepackaged versions of lxml. Otherwise refer to http://lxml.de/installation.html
- OpenSSL. This comes preinstalled in all operating systems, except Windows where the Python installer ships it bundled.
You can install Scrapy using pip (which is the canonical way to install Python packages).
To install using pip:
pip install Scrapy
Install Python 2.7 from https://www.python.org/downloads/
You need to adjust
PATH
environment variable to include paths to the Python executable and additional scripts. The following paths need to be added toPATH
:C:\Python27\;C:\Python27\Scripts\;
To update the
PATH
open a Command prompt and run:c:\python27\python.exe c:\python27\tools\scripts\win_add2path.py
Close the command prompt window and reopen it so changes take effect, run the following command and check it shows the expected Python version:
python --version
Install pywin32 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
Be sure you download the architecture (win32 or amd64) that matches your system
(Only required for Python<2.7.9) Install pip from https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html
Now open a Command prompt to check
pip
is installed correctly:pip --version
At this point Python 2.7 and
pip
package manager must be working, let's install Scrapy:pip install Scrapy
Don't use the python-scrapy
package provided by Ubuntu, they are typically too old and slow to catch up with latest Scrapy.
Instead, use the official Ubuntu Packages <topics-ubuntu>
, which already solve all dependencies for you and are continuously updated with the latest bug fixes.
If you prefer to build the python dependencies locally instead of relying on system packages you'll need to install their required non-python dependencies first:
sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev
You can install Scrapy with pip
after that:
pip install Scrapy
You can follow the generic instructions or install Scrapy from `AUR Scrapy package`:
yaourt -S scrapy
Building Scrapy's dependencies requires the presence of a C compiler and development headers. On OS X this is typically provided by Apple’s Xcode development tools. To install the Xcode command line tools open a terminal window and run:
xcode-select --install
There's a known issue that prevents pip
from updating system packages. This has to be addressed to successfully install Scrapy and its dependencies. Here are some proposed solutions:
- (Recommended) Don't use system python, install a new, updated version that doesn't conflict with the rest of your system. Here's how to do it using the homebrew package manager:
Install homebrew:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Update your
PATH
variable to state that homebrew packages should be used before system packages (Change.bashrc
to.zshrc
accordantly if you're using zsh as default shell):echo "export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
Reload
.bashrc
to ensure the changes have taken place:source ~/.bashrc
Install python:
brew install python
Latest versions of python have
pip
bundled with them so you won't need to install it separately. If this is not the case, upgrade python:brew update; brew upgrade python
- (Alternative) Force system python to load the user installed packages first:
Update your
PYTHONPATH
variable (Change.bashrc
to.zshrc
accordantly if you're using zsh as default shell):echo "export PYTHONPATH=/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH" >> ~/.bashrc
Reload
.bashrc
to ensure the changes have taken place:source ~/.bashrc
Install
pip
:sudo easy_install pip
After any of these workarounds you should be able to install Scrapy:
pip install Scrapy