On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 02:02:35PM +0000, Wavy Davy wrote: > > On 10/11/05, Martin Skøtt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have tried following this[1] guide to install TurboGears on Debian > > unstable, but it doesn't work. > > Given my distro (gentoo) doesn't yet package TurboGears (does any?), I > opted to go the non-root install way, using > > http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#non-root-installation > > and the virtual-python script there to create a user-based python > install, and used easy_install for the installing TG.
That seems a little cumbersome to me. Usefull for situations where you can't become root, but that isn't the case for me. > I don't like installing software to to /usr without using whatever > package management systems provided, as it can get messy to maintain. > It also makes installing TG on my webserver, where I don't have root, > very easy. I feel the same way except AFAIK /usr/local/ exists for just that reason. /usr/local/ is locally installed stuff untouched by packages. -- Regards Martin Skøtt
