.. Installing PLink Installing and running PLink ====================================================== Mac OS X --------------- Simply download `PLink.dmg `_ and copy PLink.app to the Applications folder. Double-click to start it, just like any other application. Windows ------------------- Install `Python `_ and use `pip `_ (included in recent versions) to get plink. For example:: pip install plink python -m plink.app ------------------------------------------------------- You will need to have Python (> 2.4), Tk (>= 8.4), and Tkinter installed to run plink; for instance, if you are using Debian or Ubuntu, just install the package "python-tk". If you have root privileges and `pip `_, simply do:: pip install plink This installs a shell-command called "plink" which starts PLink. If you don't have root privileges, add the "--user" flag to the end of the above install command. You can then run plink via:: python -m plink.app Source code ----------------------------------- You can download and browse the source code `here `_.