.. _installation:

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Installation
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The last stable release is available on PyPI and can be installed with ``pip``::

    $ pip install PyMySQL

Requirements
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* Python -- one of the following:

  - CPython_ >= 2.6 or >= 3.3
  - PyPy_ >= 4.0
  - IronPython_ 2.7

* MySQL Server -- one of the following:

  - MySQL_ >= 4.1  (tested with only 5.5~)
  - MariaDB_ >= 5.1

.. _CPython: http://www.python.org/
.. _PyPy: http://pypy.org/
.. _IronPython: http://ironpython.net/
.. _MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/
.. _MariaDB: https://mariadb.org/
