.. _installation:

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Installation
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Binary installation
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.. note:: Clover uses java (and JPype). Make sure your JAVA_HOME environment variable is set before installation and during operation.

Installing from pip::

    pip install clover


.. _source-install:

Installing from source
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Checkout from source::

    hg clone https://code.google.com/p/clover/ 

Build::

    make

Clover can be run with the included shell script named ``clover``.
    

Installing into the system
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Follow the steps as outlined in :ref:`source-install`.

Change into the python directory and use ``python setup.py install`` to install the package.