{"id": "plugins:plugins-installing", "page": "plugins", "ref": "plugins-installing", "title": "Installing plugins", "content": "If a plugin has been packaged for distribution using setuptools you can use the plugin by installing it alongside Datasette in the same virtual environment or Docker container. \n             You can install plugins using the  datasette install  command: \n             datasette install datasette-vega \n             You can uninstall plugins with  datasette uninstall : \n             datasette uninstall datasette-vega \n             You can upgrade plugins with  datasette install --upgrade  or  datasette install -U : \n             datasette install -U datasette-vega \n             This command can also be used to upgrade Datasette itself to the latest released version: \n             datasette install -U datasette \n             You can install multiple plugins at once by listing them as lines in a  requirements.txt  file like this: \n             datasette-vega\ndatasette-cluster-map \n             Then pass that file to  datasette install -r : \n             datasette install -r requirements.txt \n             The  install  and  uninstall  commands are thin wrappers around  pip install  and  pip uninstall , which ensure that they run  pip  in the same virtual environment as Datasette itself.", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Plugins\"]", "references": "[]"}