Re: [psycopg] Releasing Linux binary packages of psycopg

On 01/04/2017 06:37 AM, Daniele Varrazzo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm testing with the generation of "manylinux" packages for psycopg2.
> This means it is a binary distribution including all the libs (libpq,
> ldap, ssl, kerberos...) that can be installed on any Linux platform
> without the need of a C compiler, a system libpq, pg_config in the
> path, and all the other support libraries.
>
> The distribution is currently available on the test pypi:
> https://testpypi.python.org/pypi/psycopg2/2.7.dev0 It should be
> possible to install it using:
>
> pip install -i https://testpypi.python.org/pypi psycopg2

Created a Python 3 virtualenv and the install completed.

Did the connect, cursor, cursor.execute sequence and it worked.

I see the libraries in:

lib64/python3.4/site-packages/psycopg2/.libs>

>
> The main libraries version included are libpq from PG 9.5.5, libssl
> 0.9.8e: I think they are modern enough but I'd be glad to know
> otherwise. (The manylinux build system is limited to what can be
> installed on CentOS 5).
>
> If you can test the packages on your most stripped-down Linux version
> that'd be great. Thank you very much!

That may involve me finding where I put my Raspberry Pi:)

>
> -- Daniele
>
>


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