# How to Download and Install olefile

## Pre-requisites

olefile requires Python 2.6, 2.7 or 3.x.

For Python 2.5 and older, olefile falls back to an older version (based on OleFileIO_PL 0.26) which might not contain all the enhancements implemented in olefile.

## Download and Install

To use olefile with other Python applications or your own scripts, the simplest solution is to run pip install olefile or easy_install olefile, to download and install the package in one go. Pip is part of the standard Python distribution since v2.7.9.

To update olefile if a previous version is already installed, run pip install -U olefile.

Otherwise you may download/extract the zip archive in a temporary directory and run python setup.py install.

On Windows you may simply double-click on install.bat.

## olefile documentation

- Home
- License
- Install
- Contribute, Suggest Improvements or Report Issues
- OLE_Overview
- API and Usage