Jorge Godoy wrote: > "Rezand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Yet, it appears to have installed python to /usr/bin and /usr/lib. As a > > result, when I try to use any of the turbogears installers, I get an > > error (pasted at the end of this post) as it tries to install to the > > site-packages directory under /usr/local/lib. > > What makes sense since these are not packaged installations and they apply to > your local machine only (hence it can't be /usr/share). > > > With the ez_setup.py, it's easier to get this to work by using the -d > > parameter to redirect it. I don't seem to have any such easy mechanism > > to remedy this using your new script installer. > > I prefer this kind of separation. It is also easier to see what has been > installed outside of my package manager and include it on my backups or > migration from development server to production server proccess. > > All what it took me was create /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages and voi > là! Everything got easier to maintain (as I said, no need to check what files > in /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages belong to some RPM and what were hand > installed) :-) > > This was a recent change in SuSE. It wasn't like that a while ago, so I > believe this is some compilation option for Python. As you have the source > you can change that, generate new python packages and have your > "easy_install"ed packages put on the same place as RPM packages without > passing any option (you could also make an alias to easy_install passing the > "-d" option making it transparent for you...). > >
You can configure it by using a .pydistutils.cfg in your home directory: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat .pydistutils.cfg [install] prefix=/usr/local [easy_install] site-dirs=/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages Ciao Michele --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
