On 9 August 2011 20:42, Ned Deily <n...@acm.org> wrote: > In article > <CAKCKLWxR4Ubyh4sQJoyuan7=jfdzx62trafvhenc6udpuec...@mail.gmail.com>, > Michael Foord <fuzzy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've installed Python on OS X Lion on two computers - one with Lion > > preinstalled and one upgraded from Snow Leopard. I used both Python.org > and > > Activestate installers. > > > > In all cases (I'm pretty sure) the installation required elevation and > the > > installed Python was 'owned' by root - meaning any changes (e.g. > > installation into site-packages) must be sudo'd. > > > > This is a change from previous versions of OS X. Is this known, and is it > an > > issue? (I chown'd everything back to me to get round it.) > > I can't speak to the ActiveState installer but for the python.org > installers installation has always required a username with > administrator privilege. That hasn't changed in Lion. And, even though > owned by root, when logged in via an admin username, you should be able > to install packages to its default location (using python setup.py or > easy_install or pip) without sudo.
I don't believe that is actually the case in Lion due to the changes pointed out by Nicholas. All the best, Michael > The default site-packages directory > for python.org installations is: > > cd /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/x.y/ > ls ./lib/pythonx.y/site-packages > ls ./bin # for scripts > > If you are using easy_install, make sure you aren't using the > Apple-supplied easy_installs in /usr/bin which are for the system > Pythons (2.7, 2.6, and 2.5 in OS X 10.7). They will, by default, > attempt to install into /Library/Python/2.y and /usr/local/bin for > scripts and that *does* need sudo. > > -- > Ned Deily, > n...@acm.org > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG > -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html
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