1.2 Installing

To install from the binaries, be sure to download the version of Psyco that corresponds to your Python version. Binary released are at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=41036. Three pre-compiled versions are currently distributed:

File name  Python version 
psyco-x.y-OS-2.1 2.1 or any 2.1.x
psyco-x.y-OS-2.2.0-1 2.2 older than 2.2.2
psyco-x.y-OS-2.2.2 2.2.2 and up
psyco-x.y-OS-2.3b1 2.3b1

x.y is the Psyco version number, and OS is the operating system this version has been compiled for.

The 2.3 Psyco development occurs in in parallel with Python 2.3 itself. A binary is provided for the current 2.3b1 beta release of Python. In the future, if you want to try Psyco with a more recent release, I would recommend recompiling it.

The binaries contain a subdirectory named psyco which is a Python package (which you can check by looking for the __init__.py file it contains). Just drop this directory into your site-package directory. In other words, you need a directory .../python2.x/lib/site-packages/psyco/ which contains the files __init__.py, core.py, and so on.

Alternatively, run the top-level installation script setup.py as follows:

python setup.py install