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+Compiling and installing psycopg
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+
+While psycopg 1.x used autoconf for its build process psycopg 2 switched to
+the more pythoning setup.py. Currently both psycopg's author and distutils
+have some limitations so the file setup.cfg is almost unused and most build
+options are hidden in setup.py. Before building psycopg look at the very
+first lines of setup.py and change any settings to follow your system (or
+taste); then:
+
+    python setup.py build
+
+to build in the local directory; and:
+
+    python setup.py install
+    
+to install system-wide.
+