Installation from source ------------------------ Obtain the source from the git-repository at `http://github.com/stefanv/scikits.image `_. by running :: git clone http://github.com/stefanv/scikits.image.git in a terminal (You will need to have git installed on your machine). The SciKit can be installed globally using :: python setup.py install or locally using :: python setup.py install --prefix=${HOME} If you prefer, you can use it without installing, by simply adding this path to your PYTHONPATH variable and compiling extensions in-place:: python setup.py build_ext -i .. include:: ../../DEPENDS.txt