On Monday 29 January 2007 03:17 pm, Dave Kuhlman wrote: > On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 01:35:22PM -0900, Tim Johnson wrote: > > Hello: > > > > I just installed python 2.5 on Linux/Slackware 10.0 > > > > I have placed three files in the root of site-packages > > on my machine that is > > /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages > > > > python appears to be importing this files with no complaint, but > > they are not being byte-compiled. > > > > Note: I see that MySQLdb files are being byte-compiled. > > Their ownership is root:root and permissions are 644 > > I've set the same ownership and permissions for the other > > files to same. > > > > What do I need to do to insure that they are byte-compiled? > > They do not compile because you are importing these files as a user > that does not have permission to write in the directory containing > those modules. > > Your Python distribution should have a Python script called > compileall.py. You can run that as root to compile *all* the files > in a directory.
Yes. That was the solution. Thank you Dave. tj > For individual files, there is a module named py_compile.py. Here > is an example of its use on my machine: > > $ python /usr/local/lib/python2.5/py_compile.py test_path.py > > Again, you will need write privileges to the directory containing > the module to be compiled (in this case test_path.py). > > See the modules py_compile and compileall in the Python standard > library. > > You may notice that when you install Python packages (e.g. using > setup.py), compiling happens automatically for you. > > Another alternative is to put those modules in a directory in which > you *do* have write access and then add that directory to your > PYTHONPATH. > > Dave _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
