---
title: Installation from source
description: You can instal Curator from a source tarball (rather than doing a git clone). Download the Curator tarball:. Install the tarball:. 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/elasticsearch/curator/python-source
products:
  - Elasticsearch
  - Elasticsearch Curator
---

# Installation from source
You can instal Curator from a source tarball (rather than doing a `git clone`).
1. Download the Curator tarball:

```sh
wget https://github.com/elastic/curator/archive/v9.0.0.tar.gz -O elasticsearch-curator.tar.gz
```

1. Install the tarball:

```sh
pip install elasticsearch-curator.tar.gz
```