Manual:Pywikibot/Installation

This page will help you get started with Pywikibot, either on your own computer, on Tool Labs, or using Pywikibot As Web Service (PAWS).

Install Python
Download and install Python 3.5.1 from http://www.python.org/downloads/.

If you already have Python installed, check if your version is recent enough by running  in a console. If you have Python 2.7.2 or higher installed, or Python 3.3 or higher, your version of Python is recent enough.

Install Pywikibot
Download Pywikibot 2.0rc3: .tar.gz, .zip. Unpack this file, for example in  or.

Updating
Stable releases are released every three months or so, and are available at the same location. Before installing it, backup your configuration files and scripts (user-config.py, any family file, or custom script that you might have created, and any current dump XML file you're using for a wiki). Unpack the new version over the old version, overwriting all files.

Configuring and Running Pywikibot
Open a terminal and change directory (cd) to where you unpacked pywikibot.


 * linux: Start 'Terminal' (typically under 'System Tools' in the menu), and run:


 * windows: Start 'Command Prompt' (typically under 'Accessories » System Tools' or 'System'), and run:

Of course substituting the location where you unpacked pywikibot. Follow the prompts to configure pywikibot, and after filling in your password, you will be logged in. You can now use all the scripts pywikibot provides!

Scripts
Pywikibot comes packaged with a large number of scripts in the scripts directory. You can run all of these using

A list of all scripts is available at.

Dependencies
Most scripts work do not require any additional packages, but a few of them will not work without. These are listed in requirements.txt.

To install dependencies, use pip, which is already installed if you have a recent version of Python. Run the following commands to install packages: