Re: python: local site-packages

[Jerome BENOIT <jgmbenoit@mailsnare.net>]

Thanks for the answer.

Since my email, I have made some progress in Python:
there is a debian switch (which is incompatible with the --prefix switch):

python setup.py install --debian

So far, I get only error messages:
I guess I have to dig this matter.

Thanks,
Jerome

Larry Holish wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 05:43:33PM +0800, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> > Hello List,
> >
> > I have to use Python, which is new for me.
> >
> > In particular I have to install some Python packages
> > which are not debianised on my Etch box:
> > I tired to do so, but I realized that the package
> > was installed in the /usr directory,
> > namely not in the /usr/local directory as I expected:
> > 1] this seems not in accordance with the Debian policy
> > (and I do not like it);
> > 2] is there some kind of `config.site' for Python ?
>
> I think what you're looking for is the prefix switch:
>
> python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local
>
> See section 3.2 of "Installing Python Modules" in the Python docs.
>  
> HTH,

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