The canonical way to install SCons is from the Python Package Index (PyPi):
% python -m pip install scons
If you prefer not to install to the Python system location, or do not have privileges to do so, you can add a flag to install to a location specific to your own account:
% python -m pip install --user scons
SCons comes pre-packaged for installation on many Linux systems
Check your package installation system
to see if there is an SCons package available.
Many people prefer to install distribution-native packages if available,
as they provide a central point for management and updating.
Some distributions have two SCons packages available, one which
uses Python 2 and one which uses Python 3. If you need a specific
version of SCons that is different from the package available,
pip
has a version option or you can follow
the instructions in the next section.