You can install ``celery`` either via the Python Package Index (PyPI) or from source. To install using ``pip``,:: $ pip install celery To install using ``easy_install``,:: $ easy_install celery Downloading and installing from source -------------------------------------- Download the latest version of ``celery`` from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/celery/ You can install it by doing the following,:: $ tar xvfz celery-0.0.0.tar.gz $ cd celery-0.0.0 $ python setup.py build # python setup.py install # as root Using the development version ------------------------------ You can clone the repository by doing the following:: $ git clone git://github.com/ask/celery.git