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Installation
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.. warning ::

   Documentation linked here is actually located on the old Google Code
   site and has not yet been transitioned to this site. Some documentation
   on the old site may be out of date, especially anything related to
   running mod_wsgi on Windows. For more details as to why and the links to
   all the old documentation see :doc:`project-status`.

The mod_wsgi package can be installed form source code or may also be
available as a pre built binary package as part of your Linux distribution.

Do be aware though that Linux distributions generally ship out of date
versions of mod_wsgi and for long term support (LTS) versions of Linux can
be anything up to about 5 years old. Those older versions are not supported
in any way even though part of a so called LTS version of Linux.

If you want support and want to ensure you have the most up to date and
bug free version of mod_wsgi, you should consider building and installing
mod_wsgi from source code.

For instructions on how to compile mod_wsgi from source code for UNIX like
operating systems such as Linux and MacOS X see:

* `Installation Instructions <https://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/InstallationInstructions>`_

If you are on Windows, you should instead use:

* `Installation on Windows <https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/blob/develop/win32/README.rst>`_
