Cheesecake can be installed in two ways: either via downloading a Cheesecake package and installing it yourself or using easy_install. ============ Requirements ============ To make Cheesecake score maximally reliable make sure you have both `pylint `_ and `setuptools `_ installed. =================== Manual installation =================== If you have downloaded a Cheesecake package, follow this steps: 1) Unpack it:: tar zxf cheesecake-0.6.tar.gz 2) Change to the cheesecake directory:: cd cheesecake-0.6/ 3) Run setup.py that will install Cheesecake automatically. This step need to be run as root:: python setup.py install ================== Using easy_install ================== If you have easy_install on your system, installing Cheesecake is as simple as running: easy_install cheesecake