Installation

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

pip

PyPDF2 requires Python 3.6+ to run.

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 administrator / root), you can also just install PyPDF2 for your current user:

pip install --user PyPDF2

Optional dependencies

PyPDF2 tries to be as self-contained as possible, but for some tasks the amount of work to properly maintain the code would be too high. This is especially the case for cryptography and image formats.

If you simply want to install all optional dependencies, run:

pip install PyPDF2[full]

Alternatively, you can install just some:

If you plan to use PyPDF2 for encrypting or decrypting PDFs that use AES, you will need to install some extra dependencies. Encryption using RC4 is supported using the regular installation.

pip install PyPDF2[crypto]

If you plan to use image extraction, you need Pillow:

pip install PyPDF2[image]

Python Version Support

Python	3.10	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.6	2.7
PyPDF2>=2.0	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
PyPDF2 1.20.0 - 1.28.4	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
PyPDF2 1.15.0 - 1.20.0						YES

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