Chapter 2. Installation

This chapter guides you through the steps required to install AMQ Python in your environment.

2.1. Prerequisites
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To begin installation, use your subscription to access AMQ distribution archives and package repositories.

AMQ Python is distributed as a set of RPM packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Follow these steps to install them.

Use the subscription-manager command to subscribe to the required package repositories.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

$ sudo subscription-manager repos --enable=amq-clients-2-for-rhel-6-server-rpms

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

$ sudo subscription-manager repos --enable=amq-clients-2-for-rhel-7-server-rpms

Use the yum command to install the python-qpid-proton and python-qpid-proton-docs packages.
```
$ sudo yum install python-qpid-proton python-qpid-proton-docs
```