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When I run setup.py to install a pure python package, is it supposed
to
automatically set my search path to find the installed modules? Or am
I
supposed to set my PYTHONPATH variable myself in my .bashrc file?

And what if I don't have root priviledge? Then what is supposed to
happen? Can anyone give me a clue? Thanks.

Russ wrote:
> When I run setup.py to install a pure python package, is it supposed
> to
> automatically set my search path to find the installed modules? Or am
> I
> supposed to set my PYTHONPATH variable myself in my .bashrc file?
>
> And what if I don't have root priviledge? Then what is supposed to
> happen? Can anyone give me a clue? Thanks.
>
I'm no expert, but I think what normally happens is the module gets
installed into ../pythonxx/lib/site-packages/<module> and if it
installs __init__.py file there they get automatically searched.
At least that the way things work for me.

-Larry

Larry Bates wrote:

> I'm no expert, but I think what normally happens is the module gets
> installed into ../pythonxx/lib/site-packages/<module> and if it
> installs __init__.py file there they get automatically searched.
> At least that the way things work for me.

But if I don't have root priviledge, that doesn't happen. Is there a
setup.py option to get a
package installed just in my own account in such a way that my module
search path gets
updated?

En Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:56:13 -0300, Russ <>
escribió:

>> I'm no expert, but I think what normally happens is the module gets
>> installed into ../pythonxx/lib/site-packages/<module> and if it
>> installs __init__.py file there they get automatically searched.
>> At least that the way things work for me.
>
> But if I don't have root priviledge, that doesn't happen. Is there a
> setup.py option to get a
> package installed just in my own account in such a way that my module
> search path gets
> updated?

Use the --home option (or --prefix). You may need to set the PYTHONPATH
environment variable to ~/lib/python

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Gabriel Genellina