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diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index b88d826f6c..1934593148 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ virtualenv -p python3 ~/synapse/env source ~/synapse/env/bin/activate pip install --upgrade pip pip install --upgrade setuptools -pip install matrix-synapse[all] +pip install matrix-synapse ``` This will download Synapse from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/matrix-synapse) @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ update flag: ``` source ~/synapse/env/bin/activate -pip install -U matrix-synapse[all] +pip install -U matrix-synapse ``` Before you can start Synapse, you will need to generate a configuration diff --git a/changelog.d/5197.misc b/changelog.d/5197.misc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fca1d86b2e --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/5197.misc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Stop telling people to install the optional dependencies by default. diff --git a/docs/postgres.rst b/docs/postgres.rst index f7ebbed0c3..e81e10403f 100644 --- a/docs/postgres.rst +++ b/docs/postgres.rst @@ -3,6 +3,28 @@ Using Postgres Postgres version 9.4 or later is known to work. +Install postgres client libraries +================================= + +Synapse will require the python postgres client library in order to connect to +a postgres database. + +* If you are using the `matrix.org debian/ubuntu + packages <../INSTALL.md#matrixorg-packages>`_, + the necessary libraries will already be installed. + +* For other pre-built packages, please consult the documentation from the + relevant package. + +* If you installed synapse `in a virtualenv + <../INSTALL.md#installing-from-source>`_, you can install the library with:: + + ~/synapse/env/bin/pip install matrix-synapse[postgres] + + (substituting the path to your virtualenv for ``~/synapse/env``, if you used a + different path). You will require the postgres development files. These are in + the ``libpq-dev`` package on Debian-derived distributions. + Set up database =============== @@ -26,29 +48,6 @@ encoding use, e.g.:: This would create an appropriate database named ``synapse`` owned by the ``synapse_user`` user (which must already exist). -Set up client in Debian/Ubuntu -=========================== - -Postgres support depends on the postgres python connector ``psycopg2``. In the -virtual env:: - - sudo apt-get install libpq-dev - pip install psycopg2 - -Set up client in RHEL/CentOs 7 -============================== - -Make sure you have the appropriate version of postgres-devel installed. For a -postgres 9.4, use the postgres 9.4 packages from -[here](https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/YUM_Installation). - -As with Debian/Ubuntu, postgres support depends on the postgres python connector -``psycopg2``. In the virtual env:: - - sudo yum install postgresql-devel libpqxx-devel.x86_64 - export PATH=/usr/pgsql-9.4/bin/:$PATH - pip install psycopg2 - Tuning Postgres =============== |