Installation guide

mxODBC - Python ODBC Database Interface

2. Installation

The mxODBC database package is distributed as add-on for the eGenix.com mx

Base Distribution (

egenix-mx-base).

Please visit the eGenix.com web-site

to download the latest versions of both the

eGenix.com mx Base Distribution and the eGenix.com mxODBC distribution for

your platform and Python version.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Before installing the egenix-mxodbc package, you will have to install the

egenix-mx-base distribution which contains packages needed by mxODBC.

Even though both distributions use the same installation procedure, please refer

to the egenix-mx-base installation instructions on how to install that package.

2.1 Download the Software

2.1.1 Automatic download

If you want to use .egg package archives for the mxODBC installation, package

tools such as easy_install or zc.buildout will download the archives automatically

from a special package index on the eGenix.com website.

A separate manual download is normally not needed. However, you can still

download the files manually and point the package tools directly at the

downloaded .egg package files, if needed. This may be needed in case the package

tools cannot determine which .egg package files to download.

For installation using Windows installers or our distutils compatible prebuilt

package format, you will also have to manually download the files.

2.1.2 Manual Download

You can download the binary archives (Windows installers, .egg files or prebuilt

archives) for your combination of platform, Python version and Unicode variant

from the eGenix.com web-site at http://www.egenix.com/