Yes, virtualenv is an extension of virtual-python. I can try that as well. But again my concern is why easy_install is not picking up the virtual environment that I have set to. Any pointers ?
Thank you, - Ashutosh On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Pratap Chakravarthy <prata...@gmail.com>wrote: > Can you try virtualenv ? You can download the virtualenv package and > use `virtualenv` command like, > > > virtualenv --no-site-packages pluggd-env > > Of course you can replace `pluggd-env` with directory name that should > contain your virtual python environment. > > After setting up the virtual environment, you can activate the virtual > environment for you shell like, > > > source pluggd-env/bin/activate > > > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Ashutosh Narayan > <aashutoshnara...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am facing some issues w.r.t easy_install when I want to use > > virtual-python environment. > > I followed below mentioned link to set up virtual-python : > > > > > http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#creating-a-virtual-python > > > > OS: SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop > > Python version: 2.6 > > > > I edited PYTHONPATH to something like this : > > > > *>cat /etc/bash.bashrc.local * > > > > export PYTHONPATH=.:/home/ashutoshn/lib/:$PYTHONPATH > > export PATH=.:~/bin:/opt/local/bin:$PATH > > > > Then I install setuptools by executing : > > > > *> sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg -d /home/ashutoshn/lib/* > > > > The system now uses easy_install of the virtual-python environment. > > > > *> which easy_install* > > > > /home/ashutoshn/lib/easy_install > > > > *>easy_install Pygments* *-d > /home/ashutoshn/lib/python2.6/site-packages/* > > > > I get the following error message : > > > > *error: can't create or remove files in install directory > > > > The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the > > installation directory: > > > > [Errno 2] No such file or directory: > > '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/test-easy-install-27311.pth' > > > > The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or > > the distutils default setting) was: > > > > /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ > > > > This directory does not currently exist. Please create it and try > again, or > > choose a different installation directory (using the -d or --install-dir > > option)*. > > > > So, how does Python keep track of what directories are / are not enabled > > for *.pth* processing ? > > > > easy_install doesn't seem to work for me. Any suggestions / inputs ? > > > > > > Thank you, > > -- > > Ashutosh Narayan > > > > http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > > -- > Pratap. > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
