-<notextile>
-<pre>$ <code class="userinput">python</code>
-Python 2.7.4 (default, Sep 26 2013, 03:20:26)
-[GCC 4.7.3] on linux2
-Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
->>> <code class="userinput">import arvados</code>
->>> <code class="userinput">arvados.api('v1')</code>
-<apiclient.discovery.Resource object at 0x233bb50>
+This installation method is recommended to make the CLI tools available system-wide. It can coexist with the installation method described in option 2, below.
+
+First, configure the "Arvados package repositories":../../install/packages.html
+
+{% assign arvados_component = 'python-arvados-python-client' %}
+
+{% include 'install_packages' %}
+
+h2. Option 2: Install with pip
+
+This installation method is recommended to use the SDK in your own Python programs. If installed into a @virtualenv@, it can coexist with the system-wide installation method from a distribution package.
+
+Run @pip install arvados-python-client@ in an appropriate installation environment, such as a @virtualenv@.
+
+Note:
+
+The SDK uses @pycurl@ which depends on the @libcurl@ C library. To build the module you may have to first install additional packages. On Debian 9 this is:
+
+<pre>
+$ apt-get install git build-essential python-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl1.0-dev