Re: python: local site-packages
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,
--
Larry Holish
<ljholish@speakeasy.net>
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