On Apr 8, 2007, at 12:03 PM, Chuck Flowers wrote:
> I got the Windows users not using cygwin part figured out, I think.
> A. Use "dabo.pth" in the site-packages to notify Python of the path
> or
> B. Put the dabo directory immediately under site-packages.
Yes. This is true of any 3rd-party package added to Python.
> I have no experience with Linux.
> For future reference re Linux, Mac, or Windows using cygwin install:
>
> 1. If installed to a dabo directory immediately under site-packages,
> can I assume that no symbolic link to the directory would be required
> ?
Yes. Again, you have to let Python know about the package one way or
another.
> 2. If I need to make a symbolic link, does the code below write out a
> file to disk somewhere, or is it required each time Python is started
> ?
It writes out a symbolic link, which is not a file, but rather a
pointer similar to (but not the same as) a Windows shortcut.
> 3. If a file is written:
> A. Where to (can I assume the site-packages directory because of
> cd to it ?)
Yes.
> B. What would the file be named (is it really /path/to/dabo/
> package ?)
It would be named the same thing as the file to which you are
linking. So the commands:
cd /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/
ln -s /home/ed/projects/dabo
...would create a symlink named 'dabo' in the site-packages directory
that points to the actual dabo directory.
> C. What would the file look like if opened (or can it be) ?
As far as the OS is concerned, opening a symlink to a directory is
the same as opening the original directory. You'd see the same files,
since they *are* the same files.
> Below is typed into an OS command line, and not the Python command
> line, correct ?
>
>> From the Wiki:
> Under Linux, Mac [OS X]?, or cygwin you can simply make a symbolic
> link to your dabo project folder in your site-packages directory.
> Simply cd to the site-packages directory as determined above, and type
> the following (substituting the path to where you've set up your dabo
> framework package):
> ln -s /path/to/dabo/package
>
> Alternatively, you don't need to cd to the python lib if you type: ln
> -s --target-directory=`python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import
> get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()"` /path/to/dabo/package
Yes. 'ln' is a basic *nix command. All of the above may seem
mysterious to you, but would be second nature to anyone who has
worked in Linux/Unix systems.
-- Ed Leafe
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-- http://dabodev.com
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