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+Download PySNMP
+===============
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+The PySNMP software is provided under terms and conditions of BSD-style 
+license, and can be freely downloaded from Source Forge
+`download servers <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pysnmp/files/>`_ or 
+`PyPI <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pysnmp/>`_. 
+
+Please, note that there are frequently release candidate versions (marked rc)
+also available for download. These are potentially less stable in terms of 
+implementation and public interfaces. However they are first to contain 
+fixes to the issues, discovered in latest stable branch.
+
+But the simplest way to obtain PySNMP is to run:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   $ easy_install pysnmp
+
+or
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   $ pip install pysnmp
+
+Those Python package managers will download PySNMP along with all its
+dependencies and install them all on your system.
+
+In case you do not have the easy_install command on your system but still 
+would like to use the on-line package installation method, please install 
+`setuptools <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools>`_ package by 
+downloading and running `ez_setup.pz <https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py>`_ bootstrap:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   # wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py 
+   # python ez_setup.py
+
+In case you are installing PySNMP on an off-line system, the following 
+packages need to be downloaded and installed for PySNMP to become 
+operational:
+
+* `PyASN1 <http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyasn1/>`_,
+  used for handling ASN.1 objects
+* `PySNMP <http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pysnmp/>`_,
+  SNMP engine implementation
+
+Optional, but recommended:
+
+* `PyCrypto <http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pycrypto/>`_,
+  used by SNMPv3 crypto features (Windows users need 
+  `precompiled version <http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/modules.shtml>`_)
+* `PySMI <http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pysmi/>`_ for automatic
+  MIB download and compilation. That helps visualizing more SNMP objects
+* `Ply <http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/ply/>`_, parser generator
+  required by PySMI
+
+The installation procedure for all the above packages is as follows 
+(on UNIX-based systems):
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   $ tar zxf package-X.X.X.tar.gz 
+   $ cd package-X.X.X 
+   # python setup.py install 
+   # cd .. 
+   # rm -rf package-X.X.X
+
+In case of any issues, please `let us know <http://pysnmp.sourceforge.net/contact.html>`_ so we could try to help out.
+
+