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If your distribution doesn't provide a package for vdirsyncer, you still can If your distribution doesn't provide a package for vdirsyncer, you still can
use Python's package manager "pip". First, you'll have to check that a use Python's package manager "pip". First, you'll have to check that the
compatible version of Python (2.7+ or 3.3+) and the corresponding pip package following things are installed:
are installed. On Linux systems, using the distro's package manager is the best
way to do this. - A compatible version of Python (2.7+ or 3.3+) and the corresponding pip package
- ``libxml`` and ``libxslt``
- ``zlib``
On Linux systems, using the distro's package manager is the best
way to do this, for example, using Ubuntu::
sudo apt-get install libxml2 libxslt1.1 zlib1g python
The easiest way to install vdirsyncer at this point would be to run:: The easiest way to install vdirsyncer at this point would be to run::
pip install --user vdirsyncer pip install --user vdirsyncer
This method has a major flaw though: Pip doesn't keep track of the files it This method has a major flaw though: Pip doesn't keep track of the files it
installs. Vdirsyncer's files would be located somewhere in installs. Vdirsyncer's files would be located somewhere in
``~/.local/lib/python*``, but you can't possibly know which packages were ``~/.local/lib/python*``, but you can't possibly know which packages were
installed as dependencies of vdirsyncer and which ones were not, should you installed as dependencies of vdirsyncer and which ones were not, should you
decide to uninstall it. In other words, using pip that way would pollute your decide to uninstall it. In other words, using pip that way would pollute your