<li>The best way to do it is to use <code class="gs-code gs-command">pip</code> in a virtualenv. We recommend installing the <code class="gs-code">"Nikola[extras]"</code> distribution to access some extra features, but you can drop the <code class="gs-code">[extras]</code> specifier if you don’t want them. Note that you might need to install some extra dependencies for lxml and Pillow in order to compile them or to get full functionality.</li>

<li>You can also <a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Nikola">download the tarball</a> and install manually.</li>

<li>Some Linux distributions also have Nikola packaged in its repositories — but please make sure it’s a fresh version.</li>

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<p class="text-muted">Nikola is free open-source software, under the <a href="/license.html">MIT license</a>.</p>

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