# Installing pythonwhois

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To install pythonwhois, you need to have `pip` installed. It's available on most distributions in a package named `python-pip`.

The pythonwhois package includes the `pwhois` tool.

## Installing it from scratch

$ pip install pythonwhois

If you are using Python 2.6 and get an ImportError about `OrderedDict`, also do the following:

$ pip install ordereddict

## Updating from a previous version

Make sure to read the {>upgrade}(upgrade notes) before updating to a new major pythonwhois version!

$ pip install --upgrade pythonwhois