# Install psycopg2 with pip

psycopg2 - Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter. Version 2.9.12 via PyPI; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install pip:psycopg2
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- pip (100%):

```sh
pip install psycopg2
```

  Evidence: local PyPI package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** pip:psycopg2
- **Package manager:** PyPI
- **Package manager page:** <https://pypi.org/project/psycopg2/>
- **Version:** 2.9.12
- **Source summary:** psycopg2 - Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
- **Homepage:** <https://psycopg.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.psycopg.org/docs/>
- **License:** LGPL with exceptions
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c7/bc/f66df707ed1aec949fbf24e4460e4f4277a7ba23cdadb3965bb1f634ddb9/psycopg2-2.9.12.tar.gz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-04-20T23:33:13.049618Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Install behavior

- Python requires: >=3.9
- PyPI dependency specs: 0
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.9.12
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-20
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for psycopg2. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** PyPI JSON API
- **Release Count:** 65
- **Files For Latest:** 7
- **Package Types:** bdist_wheel, sdist
- **Author:** Federico Di Gregorio
- **Maintainer:** Daniele Varrazzo
- **Requires Python:** >=3.9
- **Latest Serial:** 36,306,910
- **Latest Upload At:** 2026-04-20T23:33:13.049618Z
- **Vulnerability Count:** 0
- **Yanked File Count:** 0
- **Author Email:** fog@initd.org
- **Maintainer Email:** daniele.varrazzo@gmail.com
- **Platforms:** any

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - python-psycopg2-doc - 2.9.10-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python-psycopg2-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Python module for PostgreSQL (documentation package) | http://initd.org/projects/psycopg
- Debian apt - python3-psycopg2 - 2.9.10-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-psycopg2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Python 3 module for PostgreSQL | http://initd.org/projects/psycopg
- Ubuntu apt - python-psycopg2-doc - 2.9.9-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python-psycopg2-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Python module for PostgreSQL (documentation package) | http://initd.org/projects/psycopg
- Ubuntu apt - python3-psycopg2 - 2.9.9-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-psycopg2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Python 3 module for PostgreSQL | http://initd.org/projects/psycopg


## Related links

- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [pgcli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/pip/pgcli/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: audience, database, developers, intended, language.
- [php](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/php/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: development, general, language, programming.
- [prestd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/prestd/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: database, development, or, postgresql.

## Sources

- Python package overlay metadata
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph