Installation

There are several ways to install PyPDF2. The most common option is to use pip.

pip

PyPDF2 requires Python 2.7+ to run, but Python 2 is dead. Please use a recent version of Python 3 instead.

Typically Python comes with pip, a package installer. Using it you can install PyPDF2:

pip install PyPDF2

If you are not a super-user (a system adminstrator / root), you can also just install PyPDF2 for your current user:

pip install --user PyPDF2

Anaconda

Anaconda users can install PyPDF2 via conda-forge.

Development Version

In case you want to use the current version under development:

pip install git+https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2.git