# Installation


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It is recommended to install VueCore inside a virtual environment to manage depenendencies and avoid conflicts with existing packages. You can use the virtual environment manager of your choice, such as `poetry`, `conda`, or `pipenv`.
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## Pip

VueCore is available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/vuecore/) and can be installed using pip:

```bash
pip install vuecore
```

You can also install the package for development by cloning this repository and running the following command:

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We assume you are in the root directory of the cloned repository when running this command. Otherwise, you need to specify the path to the `vuecore` directory.
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```bash
pip install -e .
```