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## Install on Linux

### Prequisites

##### Python

As a prerequisite, Python must be installed.
For the recommended installation under pyenv, see [Python on Linux](/deploy/py/linux).

##### glibc

Our BornAgain wheels are built on Debian 11 and require
[glibc](https://www.gnu.org/software/libc) version 2.31 or higher.

To see which glibc version is available on your system, run
```
$ ldd --version
```
Versions for other Linux distributions can be seen at
https://repology.org/project/glibc/versions

### Installation methods

##### as Python package

BornAgain can be installed as a Python package from the `pip` repository:
```
$ python -m pip install bornagain
```

##### from source

See [build from source](/deploy/build/unix/).
