docs: external osm2pgsql is not longer optional

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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ For running Nominatim:
 
   * [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org) (12+ will work, 13+ strongly recommended)
   * [PostGIS](https://postgis.net) (3.0+ will work, 3.2+ strongly recommended)
-  * [osm2pgsql](https://osm2pgsql.org) (1.8+, optional when building with CMake)
+  * [osm2pgsql](https://osm2pgsql.org) (1.8+)
   * [Python 3](https://www.python.org/) (3.7+)
 
 Furthermore the following Python libraries are required:
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ you might consider setting:
 and even reduce `autovacuum_work_mem` further. This will reduce the amount
 of memory that autovacuum takes away from the import process.
 
+## Installing the latest release
+
+Nominatim is easiest installed directly from Pypi. Make sure you have installed
+osm2pgsql, PostgreSQL/PostGIS and libICU together with its header files.
+
+Then you can install Nominatim with:
+
+    pip install nominatim-db nominatim-api
+
 ## Downloading and building Nominatim
 
 ### Downloading the latest release