Install Dask.Distributed

You can install dask.distributed with conda, with pip, or by installing from source.

Conda

To install the latest version of dask.distributed from the conda-forge repository using conda:

conda install dask distributed -c conda-forge

Pip

Or install distributed with pip:

pip install dask distributed --upgrade

Source

To install distributed from source, clone the repository from github:

git clone https://github.com/dask/distributed.git
cd distributed
python setup.py install

Notes

Note for Macports users: There is a known issue. with python from macports that makes executables be placed in a location that is not available by default. A simple solution is to extend the PATH environment variable to the location where python from macports install the binaries:

$ export PATH=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin:$PATH

or

$ export PATH=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:$PATH