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diff --git a/doc/source/installation.rst b/doc/source/installation.rst index 96e0ec2..1262160 100644 --- a/doc/source/installation.rst +++ b/doc/source/installation.rst @@ -8,16 +8,37 @@ At the command line:: You will also need to install at least one SQL backend:: - $ pip install MySQL-python + $ pip install psycopg2 + +Or:: + + $ pip install PyMySQL Or:: $ pip install pysqlite -Using with MySQL ----------------- -If using MySQL make sure to install the MySQL client development package for +Using with PostgreSQL +--------------------- + +If you are using PostgreSQL make sure to install the PostgreSQL client +development package for your distro. On Ubuntu this is done as follows:: + + $ sudo apt-get install libpq-dev + $ pip install psycopg2 + +The installation of psycopg2 will fail if libpq-dev is not installed first. +Note that even in a virtual environment the libpq-dev will be installed +system wide. + + +Using with MySQL-python +----------------------- + +PyMySQL is a default MySQL DB API driver for oslo.db, as well as for the whole +OpenStack. But you still can use MySQL-python as an alternative DB API driver. +For MySQL-python you must install the MySQL client development package for your distro. On Ubuntu this is done as follows:: $ sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev |