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A few corrections to the install page

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@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ wrapper for the libpq_, the official PostgreSQL client library.
Quick Install
-------------
For most operating systems, the quickest way to install psycopg is using the wheel_ package available on PyPI_:
For most operating systems, the quickest way to install Psycopg is using the
wheel_ package available on PyPI_:
.. code-block:: console
$ pip install psycopg2-binary
This will install a pre-compiled binary version of the module which does not require the build or runtime prerequisites described below. Make sure to use an up-date-date version of :program:`pip` (you can upgrade it
using something like ``pip install -U pip``).
This will install a pre-compiled binary version of the module which does not
require the build or runtime prerequisites described below. Make sure to use
an up-date-date version of :program:`pip` (you can upgrade it using something
like ``pip install -U pip``).
You may then import the ``psycopg`` package, as usual:
@ -49,10 +52,10 @@ You may then import the ``psycopg`` package, as usual:
# Retrieve query results
records = cur.fetchall()
.. __: PyPI-binary_
.. _PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/psycopg2-binary/
.. _wheel: https://pythonwheels.com/
psycopg vs psycopg-binary
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -61,10 +64,9 @@ with Python and PostgreSQL without the need to meet the build
requirements.
If you are the maintainer of a published package depending on `!psycopg2`
you shouldn't use 'psycopg2-binary' as a module dependency. **For
you shouldn't use ``psycopg2-binary`` as a module dependency. **For
production use you are advised to use the source distribution.**
The binary packages come with their own versions of a few C libraries,
among which ``libpq`` and ``libssl``, which will be used regardless of other
libraries available on the client: upgrading the system libraries will not
@ -81,7 +83,6 @@ source if you want to maintain binary upgradeability.
advised to use a package built from source.
.. index::
single: Install; disable wheel
single: Wheel; disable
@ -219,10 +220,6 @@ which is OS-dependent (for instance setting a suitable
to connect to.
.. index::
single: setup.py
single: setup.cfg
@ -335,7 +332,6 @@ setting the environment variables:
The database should already exist before running the tests.
.. _other-problems:
If you still have problems