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Install
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This chapter describes how to install icalendar as a Python package for use in your projects.


Python package with pip
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The following command will install the icalendar package with pip.

.. code-block:: shell

    pip install icalendar

If installation is successful, you will be able to import the iCalendar package from a Python interpreter as shown.

.. code-block:: pycon

    >>> import icalendar


Debian or Ubuntu
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You can install the `python-icalendar package <https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/python-icalendar>`_ for Debian or its derivatives.

.. code-block:: shell

    sudo apt-get install python3-icalendar