python question

[Ted Roche]

Jeff Macdonald wrote:
> it has been ages since I've played with python. Is there an equivalent
> way to do this perl command in python with a 3rd party module?
> 
> $ perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/jeff/projects/program/lib
> 
> All is can find is:
> 
> $ python setup.py install
> 
> 

Jeff:

If your purpose is to create a "private stash" of python modules, rather 
than installing a new module to the standard location, you can usually 
do it with an option like:

python setup.py install --home=<dir>

assuming that the Python module uses the standard DistUtils installer.

See:

http://docs.python.org/inst/alt-install-windows.html#SECTION000310000000000000000

and parent document:

http://docs.python.org/inst/inst.html

for more details and variations.

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Ted Roche
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