============ Installation

By default, all of the image manipulation is handled by the Python Imaging Library__ (a.k.a. PIL), so you'll probably want that installed too.

.. __: http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

Installing easy-thumbnails

The easiest way is to use an automatic package-installation tools like pip__.

.. __: http://pip.openplans.org/

Simply type::

pip install easy-thumbnails

Manual installation

If you prefer not to use an automated package installer, you can download a copy of easy-thumbnails and install it manually. The latest release package can be downloaded from easy-thumbnail's listing on the Python Package Index__.

.. __: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/easy-thumbnails/

Once you've downloaded the package, unpack it and run the setup.py installation script::

python setup.py install

Configuring your project

In your Django project's settings module, add easy-thumbnails to your INSTALLED_APPS setting::

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'easy_thumbnails',
)

Run python manage.py migrate easy_thumbnails.

You're done! You'll want to head on over now to the :doc:usage documentation <usage>.