Walter Coole <wco...@aperiogroup.com> wrote: > When I try to install with: > > > > sudo sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.5.egg
Walter, I believe you want sudo sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.5.egg --install-dir MYDIR which tells it exactly where to put the setuptools package. Bill > > > > I get an error: > > > > error: invalid Python installation: unable to open > /usr/lib64/python2.5/config/Makefile (No such file or directory) > > > > That I don't really understand. Yes, it's true that there is no > /usr/lib64/python2.5/config directory, but I've gotten along nicely > without one for quite a while. > > > > I haven't had much trouble with my Fedora box (which uses 2.5 by > default) or the default 2.4 installation on my RHEL (which doesn't help, > since my application needs 2.5), so I started thinking I knew what I was > doing. > > > > I'm sure that there is some confusion due to the fact that I've > installed python2.5 in a different-than-usual directory. I need to keep > "python" referring to python2.4, since RHEL 5.2 depends on it. > Presumably, if I can tell setuptools-0.6c11-py2.5.egg enough about where > things are, it should be able to adapt. > > > > I've tried several variations, but haven't made much progress. If > anyone could point out which option to use to override its choice of > directory or which directory to point it to, that would be a big help. > > > > Or perhaps I've just been looking at this completely wrong-headedly, in > which case I'd be most grateful for instructions on how to install some > variation of setuptools to work with python2.5 on a RHEL 5 system. > > > > Thanks! > > Walter > > > > PS. In case it matters to anyone, all I really need to do is to install > the beatbox module, for which I have the .egg file, but I don't know how > to install a .egg file in a useful way without setuptools or some such. > It seem a shame to break open the egg and install its guts manually, but > if that seems like the available alternative, I'd welcome any pointers. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig