Installing Pax25

Requirements

Pax25 has been tested with Python 3.13. It has not been verified to work with any other version of Python. It is highly recommended that you use a virtual environment to install Pax25 and set up any stations or applications you intend to develop in that environment. Use of a tool like Pyenv or uv to manage your environments is also highly recommended.

However, if this project is the only one using Python on your machine, you may be fine without any additional environment management tools. Just install the latest version of Python and then continue with the rest of the directions.

Note

If you intend to develop on pax25 itself, please check out the contributing guide instead.

Installation

Pax25 is a Python library, and can be installed using pip:

pip install pax25

Once you've got the package installed, it's time to set up your station.