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\documentclass{howto}
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\usepackage{ltxmarkup}
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\usepackage{times}
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\usepackage{distutils}
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\title{Installing Python Modules}
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% The audience for this document includes people who don't know anything
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% about Python and aren't about to learn the language just in order to
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% install and maintain it for their users, i.e. system administrators.
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% Thus, I have to be sure to explain the basics at some point:
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% sys.path and PYTHONPATH at least. Should probably give pointers to
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% other docs on "import site", PYTHONSTARTUP, PYTHONHOME, etc.
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%
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% Also, I need to take into account that most modules out there don't
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% (yet) use Distutils: briefly explain the old Makefile.pre.in
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% convention (maybe move material from the E&E manual to here?), and
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% explain where to copy .py and .so files manually if the distribution
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% doesn't provide a mechanism for doing so.
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%
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% Finally, it might be useful to include all the material from my "Care
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% and Feeding of a Python Installation" talk in here somewhere. Yow!
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\author{Greg Ward}
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\authoraddress{E-mail: \email{gward@python.net}}
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\begin{document}
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\maketitle
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%\begin{abstract}
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%\noindent
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%Abstract this!
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%\end{abstract}
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\tableofcontents
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\section{Introduction}
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\label{sec:intro}
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Although Python's extensive standard library covers many programming
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needs, there often comes a time when you need to add some new
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functionality to your Python installation in the form of third-party
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modules. This might be necessary to support your own programming, or to
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support an application that you want to use and that happens to be
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written in Python.
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In the past, there has been little support for adding third-party
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modules to an existing Python installation. With the introduction of
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the Python Distribution Utilities (Distutils for short) in Python 1.6,
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this is starting to change. Not everything will change overnight,
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though, so while this document concentrates on installing module
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distributions that use the Distutils, we will also spend some time
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dealing with the old ways.
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This document is aimed primarily at the people who need to install
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third-party Python modules: end-users and system administrators who just
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need to get some Python application running, and existing Python
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programmers who want to add some new goodies to their toolbox. You
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don't need to know Python to read this document; there will be some
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brief forays into using Python's interactive mode to explore your
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installation, but that's it. If you're looking for information on how
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to distribute your own Python modules so that others may use them, see
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the ``Distributing Python Modules'' manual.
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\subsection{Best case: trivial installation}
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\label{sec:trivial-inst}
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In the best case, someone will have prepared a special version of the
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module distribution you want to install that is targeted specifically at
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your platform and is installed just like any other software on your
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platform. For example, the module developer might make an executable
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installer available for Windows users, an RPM package for users of
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RPM-based Linux systems (Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, and many others), a
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Debian package for users of Debian-based Linux systems (Debian proper,
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Caldera, Corel, etc.), and so forth.
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In that case, you would download the installer appropriate to your
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platform and do the obvious thing with it: run it if it's an executable
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installer, \code{rpm --install} it if it's an RPM, etc. You don't need
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to run Python or a setup script, you don't need to compile
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anything---you might not even need to read any instructions (although
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it's always a good idea to do so anyways).
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Of course, things will not always be that easy. You might be interested
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in a module distribution that doesn't have an easy-to-use installer for
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your platform. In that case, you'll have to start with the source
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distribution released by the module's author/maintainer. Installing
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from a source distribution is not too hard, as long as the modules are
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packaged in the standard way. The bulk of this document is about
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building and installing modules from standard source distributions.
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\subsection{The new standard: Distutils}
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\label{sec:new-standard}
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If you download a module source distribution, you can tell pretty
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quickly if was packaged and distributed in the standard way, i.e. using
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the Distutils. First, the distribution's name and version number will
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be featured prominently in the name of the downloaded archive, e.g.
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\file{foo-1.0.tar.gz} or \file{widget-0.9.7.zip}. Next, the archive
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will unpack into a similarly-named directory: \file{foo-1.0} or
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\file{widget-0.9.7}. Additionally, the distribution will contain a
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setup script \file{setup.py}, and a \file{README.txt} (or possibly
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\file{README}), which should explain that building and installing the
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module distribution is a simple matter of running
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\begin{verbatim}
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python setup.py install
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\end{verbatim}
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If all these things are true, then you already know how to build and
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install the modules you've just downloaded: run the command above.
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Unless you need to install things in a non-standard way or customize the
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build process, you don't really need this manual. Or rather, the above
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command is everything you need to get out of this manual.
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\subsection{The old way: no standards}
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\label{sec:old-way}
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Before the Distutils, there was no infrastructure to support installing
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third-party modules in a consistent, standardized way. Thus, it's not
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really possible to write a general manual for installing Python modules
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that don't use the Distutils; the only truly general statement that can
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be made is, ``Read the module's own installation instructions.''
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However, if such instructions exists at all, they are often woefully
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inadequate and targeted at experienced Python developers. Such users
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are already familiar with how the Python library is laid out on their
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platform, and know where to copy various files in order for Python to
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find them. This document makes no such assumptions, and explains how
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the Python library is laid out on three major platforms (Unix, Windows,
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and Mac~OS), so that you can understand what happens when the Distutils
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do their job \emph{and} know how to install modules manually when the
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module author fails to provide a setup script.
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Additionally, while there has not previously been a standard
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installation mechanism, Python has had some standard machinery for
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building extensions on Unix since Python \XXX{version?}. This machinery
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(the \file{Makefile.pre.in} file) is superseded by the Distutils, but it
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will no doubt live on in older module distributions for a while. This
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\file{Makefile.pre.in} mechanism is documented in the ``Extending \&
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Embedding Python'' manual, but that manual is aimed at module
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developers---hence, we include documentation for builders/installers
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here.
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All of the pre-Distutils material is tucked away in
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section~\ref{sec:pre-distutils}.
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\section{Standard Build and Install}
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\label{sec:normal-install}
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As described in section~\ref{sec:new-standard}, building and installing
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a module distribution using the Distutils is usually one simple command:
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\begin{verbatim}
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python setup.py install
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\end{verbatim}
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On Unix, you'd run this command from a shell prompt; on Windows, you
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have to open a command prompt window and do it there; on Mac~OS ...
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\XXX{what the heck do you do on Mac~OS?}.
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\subsection{Platform variations}
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You should always run the setup command from the distribution root
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directory, i.e. the top-level subdirectory that the module source
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distribution unpacks into. For example, if you've just downloaded a
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module source distribution \file{foo-1.0.tar.gz} onto a Unix system, the
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normal thing to do is:
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\begin{verbatim}
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gunzip -c foo-1.0.tar.gz | tar xf - # unpacks into directory foo-1.0
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cd foo-1.0
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python setup.py install
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\end{verbatim}
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On Windows, you'd probably unpack the archive before opening the command
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prompt. If you downloaded the archive file to \file{C:\bslash{}Temp},
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then it probably unpacked (depending on your software) into
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\file{C:\bslash{}Temp\bslash{}foo-1.0}; from the command prompt window,
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you would then run
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\begin{verbatim}
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cd c:\temp\foo-1.0
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python setup.py install
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\end{verbatim}
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On Mac~OS, ... \XXX{again, how do you run Python scripts on Mac~OS?}
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\XXX{arg, my lovely ``bslash'' macro doesn't work in non-tt fonts! help
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me \LaTeX, you're my only hope...}
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\subsection{Splitting the job up}
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Running \code{setup.py install} builds and installs all modules in one
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fell swoop. If you prefer to work incrementally---especially useful if
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you want to customize the build process, or if things are going
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wrong---you can use the setup script to do one thing at a time.
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For example, you can build everything in one step, and then install
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everything in a second step, by invoking the setup script twice:
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\begin{verbatim}
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python setup.py build
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python setup.py install
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\end{verbatim}
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(If you do this, you will notice that running the \command{install}
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command first runs the \command{build} command, which quickly notices
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that it has nothing to do, since everything in the \file{build}
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directory is up-to-date.)
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\XXX{concrete reason for splitting things up?}
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\subsection{How building works}
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As implied above, the \command{build} command is responsible for putting
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the files to install into a \emph{build directory}. By default, this is
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\file{build} under the distribution root; if you're excessively
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concerned with speed, or want to keep the source tree pristine, you can
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change the build directory with the \option{--build-base} option. For
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example:
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\begin{verbatim}
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python setup.py build --build-base=/tmp/pybuild/foo-1.0
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\end{verbatim}
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(Or you could do this permanently with a directive in your system or
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personal Distutils configuration file; see
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section~\ref{sec:config-files}.) Normally, this isn't necessary.
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The default layout for the build tree is as follows:
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\begin{verbatim}
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--- build/ --- lib/
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or
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--- build/ --- lib.<plat>/
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temp.<plat>/
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\end{verbatim}
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where \code{<plat>} expands to a brief description of the current
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OS/hardware platform. The first form, with just a \file{lib} directory,
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is used for ``pure module distributions''---that is, module
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distributions that include only pure Python modules. If a module
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distribution contains any extensions (modules written in C/C++, or Java
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for JPython), then the second form, with two \code{<plat>} directories,
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is used. In that case, the \file{temp.\filevar{plat}} directory holds
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temporary files generated by the compile/link process that don't
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actually get installed. In either case, the \file{lib} (or
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\file{lib.\filevar{plat}}) directory contains all Python modules (pure
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Python and extensions) that will be installed.
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In the future, more directories will be added to handle Python scripts,
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documentation, binary executables, and whatever else is needed to handle
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the job of installing Python modules and applications.
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\subsection{How installation works}
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After the \command{build} command runs (whether you run it explicitly,
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or the \command{install} command does it for you), the work of the
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\command{install} command is relatively simple: all it has to do is copy
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everything under \file{build/lib} (or \file{build/lib.\filevar{plat}})
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to your chosen installation directory.
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If you don't choose an installation directory---i.e., if you just run
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\code{setup.py install}---then the \command{install} command installs to
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the standard location for third-party Python modules. This location
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varies by platform and by how you built/installed Python itself. On
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Unix and Mac OS, it also depends on whether the module distribution
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being installed is pure Python or contains extensions (``non-pure''):
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\begin{tableiv}{l|l|l|c}{textrm}%
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{Platform}{Standard installation location}{Default value}{Notes}
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\lineiv{Unix (pure)}
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{\filenq{\var{prefix}/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
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{\filenq{/usr/local/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
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{(1)}
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\lineiv{Unix (non-pure)}
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{\filenq{\var{exec-prefix}/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
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{\filenq{/usr/local/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
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{(1)}
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\lineiv{Windows}
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{\filenq{\var{prefix}}}
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{\filenq{C:\bslash{}Python}}
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{(2)}
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\lineiv{Mac~OS (pure)}
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{\filenq{\var{prefix}:Lib}}
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{\filenq{Python:Lib} \XXX{???}}
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{}
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\lineiv{Mac~OS (non-pure)}
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{\var{prefix}:Mac:PlugIns}
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{\filenq{Python:Mac:PlugIns}\XXX{???}}
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{}
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\end{tableiv}
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\noindent Notes:
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\begin{description}
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\item[(1)] Most Linux distributions include Python as a standard part of
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the system, so \filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix} are usually
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both \file{/usr} on Linux. If you build Python yourself on Linux (or
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any Unix-like system), the default \filevar{prefix} and
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\filevar{exec-prefix} are \file{/usr/local}.
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\item[(2)] The default installation directory on Windows was
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\file{C:\bslash{}Program Files\bslash{}Python} under Python 1.6a1,
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1.5.2, and earlier.
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\end{description}
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\filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix} stand for the directories
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that Python is installed to, and where it finds its libraries at
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run-time. They are always the same under Windows and Mac~OS, and very
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often the same under Unix. You can find out what your Python
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installation uses for \filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix} by
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running Python in interactive mode and typing a few simple commands.
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Under Unix, just type \code{python} at the shell prompt; under Windows,
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run ``Python 1.6 (interpreter)'' \XXX{right?}; under Mac~OS, \XXX{???}.
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Once the interpreter is started, you type Python code at the \code{>>>}
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prompt. For example, on my Linux system, I type the three Python
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statements shown below, and get the output as shown, to find out my
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\filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix}:
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\begin{verbatim}
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Python 1.5.2 (#1, Apr 18 1999, 16:03:16) [GCC pgcc-2.91.60 19981201 (egcs-1.1.1 on linux2
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Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
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>>> import sys
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>>> sys.prefix
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'/usr'
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>>> sys.exec_prefix
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'/usr'
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\end{verbatim}
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If you don't want to install to the standard location, or if you don't
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have permission to write there, then you need to read about alternate
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installations in the next section.
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% This rather nasty macro is used to generate the tables that describe
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% each installation scheme. It's nasty because it takes two arguments
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% for each "slot" in an installation scheme, there will soon be more
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% than five of these slots, and TeX has a limit of 10 arguments to a
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% macro. Uh-oh.
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\newcommand{\installscheme}[8]
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{\begin{tableiii}{lll}{textrm}
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{Type of file}
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{Installation Directory}
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{Override option}
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\lineiii{pure module distribution}
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{\filevar{#1}\filenq{#2}}
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{\option{--install-purelib}}
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\lineiii{non-pure module distribution}
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{\filevar{#3}\filenq{#4}}
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{\option{--install-platlib}}
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\lineiii{scripts}
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{\filevar{#5}\filenq{#6}}
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{\option{--install-scripts}}
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\lineiii{data}
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{\filevar{#7}\filenq{#8}}
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{\option{--install-data}}
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\end{tableiii}}
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\section{Alternate Installation}
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\label{sec:alt-install}
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Often, it is necessary or desirable to install modules to a location
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other than the standard location for third-party Python modules. For
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example, on a Unix system you might not have permission to write to the
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standard third-party module directory. Or you might wish to try out a
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module before making it a standard part of your local Python
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installation; this is especially true when upgrading a distribution
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already present: you want to make sure your existing base of scripts
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still works with the new version before actually upgrading.
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The Distutils \command{install} command is designed to make installing
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module distributions to an alternate location simple and painless. The
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basic idea is that you supply a base directory for the installation, and
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the \command{install} command picks a set of directories (called an
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\emph{installation scheme}) under this base directory in which to
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install files. The details differ across platforms, so read whichever
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of the following section applies to you.
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\subsection{Alternate installation: Unix (the home scheme)}
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\label{sec:alt-unix-prefix}
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Under Unix, there are two ways to perform an alternate installation.
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The ``prefix scheme'' is similar to how alternate installation works
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under Windows and Mac~OS, but is not necessarily the most useful way to
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maintain a personal Python library. Hence, we document the more
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convenient and commonly useful ``home scheme'' first.
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The idea behind the ``home scheme'' is that you build and maintain a
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personal stash of Python modules, probably under your home directory.
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Installing a new module distribution is as simple as
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\begin{verbatim}
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python setup.py install --home=<dir>
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\end{verbatim}
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where you can supply any directory you like for the \option{home}
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option. Lazy typists can just type a tilde (\code{\tilde}); the
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\command{install} command will expand this to your home directory:
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\begin{verbatim}
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python setup.py install --home=~
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\end{verbatim}
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The \option{home} option defines the installation base directory. Files
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are installed to the following directories under the installation base
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as follows:
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\installscheme{home}{/lib/python}
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{home}{/lib/python}
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{home}{/bin}
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{home}{/share}
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\subsection{Alternate installation: Unix (the prefix scheme)}
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\label{sec:alt-unix-home}
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The ``prefix scheme'' is useful when you wish to use one Python
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installation to perform the build/install (i.e., to run the setup
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script), but install modules into the third-party module directory of a
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different Python installation (or something that looks like a different
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Python installation). If this sounds a trifle unusual, it is---that's
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why the ``home scheme'' comes first. However, there are at least two
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known cases where the prefix scheme will be useful.
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First, consider that many Linux distribution put Python in \file{/usr},
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rather than the more traditional \file{/usr/local}. This is entirely
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appropriate, since in those cases Python is part of ``the system''
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rather than a local add-on. However, if you are installing Python
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modules from source, you probably want them to go in
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\file{/usr/local/lib/python1.\filevar{X}} rather than
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\file{/usr/lib/python1.\filevar{X}}. This can be done with
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\begin{verbatim}
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/usr/bin/python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local
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\end{verbatim}
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Another possibility is a network filesystem where the name used to write
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to a remote directory is different from the name used to read it: for
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example, the Python interpreter accessed as \file{/usr/local/bin/python}
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might search for modules in \file{/usr/local/lib/python1.\filevar{X}},
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but those modules would have to be installed to, say,
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\file{/mnt/\filevar{@server}/export/lib/python1.\filevar{X}}. This
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could be done with
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\begin{verbatim}
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/usr/local/bin/python setup.py install --prefix=/mnt/@server/export
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\end{verbatim}
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In either case, the \option{prefix} option defines the installation
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base, and the \option{exec-prefix} option defines the platform-specific
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installation base, which is used for platform-specific files.
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(Currently, this just means non-pure module distributions, but could be
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expanded to C libraries, binary executables, etc.) If
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\option{exec-prefix} is not supplied, it defaults to \option{prefix}.
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Files are installed as follows:
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\installscheme{prefix}{/lib/python1.\filevar{X}/site-packages}
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{exec-prefix}{/lib/python1.\filevar{X}/site-packages}
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{prefix}{/bin}
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{prefix}{/share}
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There is no requirement that \option{prefix} or \option{exec-prefix}
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actually point to an alternate Python installation; if the directories
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listed above do not already exist, they are created at installation
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time.
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Incidentally, the real reason the prefix scheme is important is simply
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that a standard Unix installation uses the prefix scheme, but with
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\option{prefix} and \option{exec-prefix} supplied by Python itself (as
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\code{sys.prefix} and \code{sys.exec\_prefix}). Thus, you might think
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you'll never use the prefix scheme, but every time you run \code{python
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setup.py install} without any other options, you're using it.
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Note that installing extensions to an alternate Python installation has
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no effect on how those extensions are built: in particular, the Python
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header files (\file{Python.h} and friends) installed with the Python
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interpreter used to run the setup script will be used in compiling
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extensions. It is your responsibility to ensure that the interpreter
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used to run extensions installed in this way is compatibile with the
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interpreter used to build them. The best way to do this is to ensure
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that the two interpreters are the same version of Python (possibly
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different builds, or possibly copies of the same build). (Of course, if
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your \option{prefix} and \option{exec-prefix} don't even point to an
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alternate Python installation, this is immaterial.)
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|
\subsection{Alternate installation: Windows}
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|
\label{sec:alt-windows}
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Since Windows has no conception of a user's home directory, and since
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the standard Python installation under Windows is simpler than that
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under Unix, there's no point in having separate \option{prefix} and
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\option{home} options. Just use the \option{prefix} option to specify
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a base directory, e.g.
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\begin{verbatim}
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python setup.py install --prefix="\Temp\Python"
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\end{verbatim}
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to install modules to the \file{\bslash{}Temp} directory on the current
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drive.
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The installation base is defined by the \option{prefix} option; the
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\option{exec-prefix} option is not supported under Windows. Files are
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installed as follows:
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\installscheme{prefix}{}
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{prefix}{}
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{prefix}{\bslash{}Scripts}
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{prefix}{\bslash{}Data}
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\subsection{Alternate installation: Mac~OS}
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\label{sec:alt-macos}
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Like Windows, Mac~OS has no notion of home directories (or even of
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users), and a fairly simple standard Python installation. Thus, only a
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\option{prefix} option is needed. It defines the installation base, and
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files are installed under it as follows:
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\XXX{how do MacPython users run the interpreter with command-line args?}
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\installscheme{prefix}{:Lib}
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{prefix}{:Mac:PlugIns}
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{prefix}{:Scripts}
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{prefix}{:Data}
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\XXX{Corran Webster says: ``Modules are found in either \file{:Lib} or
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\file{:Mac:Lib}, while extensions usually go in
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\file{:Mac:PlugIns}''---does this mean that non-pure distributions should
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be divided between \file{:Mac:PlugIns} and \file{:Mac:Lib}? If so, that
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|
changes the granularity at which we care about modules: instead of
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``modules from pure distributions'' and ``modules from non-pure
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distributions'', it becomes ``modules from pure distributions'',
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``Python modules from non-pure distributions'', and ``extensions from
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non-pure distributions''. Is this necessary?!?}
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\section{Custom Installation}
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\label{sec:custom-install}
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|
Sometimes, the alternate installation schemes described in
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section~\ref{sec:alt-install} just don't do what you want. You might
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|
want to tweak just one or two directories while keeping everything under
|
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|
the same base directory, or you might want to completely redefine the
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|
installation scheme. In either case, you're creating a \emph{custom
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|
installation scheme}.
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|
You probably noticed the column of ``override options'' in the tables
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|
describing the alternate installation schemes above. Those options are
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|
how you define a custom installation scheme. These override options can
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|
be relative, absolute, or explicitly defined in terms of one of the
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|
installation base directories. (There are two installation base
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|
directories, and they are normally the same---they only differ when you
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|
use the Unix ``prefix scheme'' and supply different \option{prefix} and
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|
\option{exec-prefix} options.)
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|
For example, say you're installing a module distribution to your home
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directory under Unix---but you want scripts to go in
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\file{\tilde/scripts} rather than \file{\tilde/bin}. As you might
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expect, you can override this directory with the
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\option{install-scripts} option; in this case, it makes most sense to
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supply a relative path, which will be interpreted relative to the
|
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|
|
installation base directory (your home directory, in this case):
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|
\begin{verbatim}
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python setup.py install --home --install-scripts=scripts
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\end{verbatim}
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Another Unix example: suppose your Python installation was built and
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installed with a prefix of \file{/usr/local/python}, so under a standard
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|
installation scripts will wind up in \file{/usr/local/python/bin}. If
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|
you want them in \file{/usr/local/bin} instead, you would supply this
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|
absolute directory for the \option{install-scripts} option:
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|
\begin{verbatim}
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python setup.py install --install-scripts=/usr/local/bin
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\end{verbatim}
|
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(This performs an installation using the ``prefix scheme,'' where the
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prefix is whatever your Python interpreter was installed with---
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\file{/usr/local/python} in this case.)
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|
If you maintain Python on Windows, you might want third-party modules to
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|
live in a subdirectory of \filevar{prefix}, rather than right in
|
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|
|
\filevar{prefix} itself. This is almost as easy as customizing the
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|
script installation directory---you just have to remember that there are
|
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|
|
two types of modules to worry about, pure modules and non-pure modules
|
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|
|
(i.e., modules from a non-pure distribution). For example:
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|
\begin{verbatim}
|
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|
python setup.py install --install-purelib=Site --install-platlib=Site
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|
\end{verbatim}
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The specified installation directories are relative to \filevar{prefix}.
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|
Of course, you also have to ensure that these directories are in
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|
Python's module search path, e.g. by putting a \file{.pth} file in
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\filevar{prefix} (\XXX{should have a section describing .pth files and
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cross-ref it here}).
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|
If you want to define an entire installation scheme, you just have to
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|
supply all of the installation directory options. The recommended way
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|
to do this is to supply relative paths; for example, if you want to
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|
maintain all Python module-related files under \file{python} in your
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home directory, and you want a separate directory for each platform that
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|
|
you use your home directory from, you might define the following
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|
installation scheme:
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|
\begin{verbatim}
|
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python setup.py install --home=~ \
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--install-purelib=python/lib \
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--install-platlib=python/lib.$PLAT \
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--install-scripts=python/scripts
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--install-data=python/data
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\end{verbatim}
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or, equivalently,
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\begin{verbatim}
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python setup.py install --home=~/python \
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--install-purelib=lib \
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--install-platlib=lib.$PLAT \
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--install-scripts=scripts
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--install-data=data
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\end{verbatim}
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\code{\$PLAT} is not (necessarily) an environment variable---it will be
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expanded by the Distutils as it parses your command line options (just
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as it does when parsing your configuration file(s)).
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Obviously, specifying the entire installation scheme every time you
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install a new module distribution would be very tedious. Thus, you can
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put these options into your Distutils config file (see
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section~\ref{sec:config-files}):
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\begin{verbatim}
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[install]
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install-base=$HOME
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install-purelib=python/lib
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install-platlib=python/lib.$PLAT
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install-scripts=python/scripts
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install-data=python/data
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\end{verbatim}
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or, equivalently,
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\begin{verbatim}
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[install]
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install-base=$HOME/python
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install-purelib=lib
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install-platlib=lib.$PLAT
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install-scripts=scripts
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install-data=data
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\end{verbatim}
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Note that these two are \emph{not} equivalent if you supply a different
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installation base directory when you run the setup script. For example,
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\begin{verbatim}
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python setup.py --install-base=/tmp
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\end{verbatim}
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would install pure modules to \filevar{/tmp/python/lib} in the first
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case, and to \filevar{/tmp/lib} in the second case. (For the second
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case, you probably want to supply an installation base of
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\file{/tmp/python}.)
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You probably noticed the use of \code{\$HOME} and \code{\$PLAT} in the
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sample configuration file input. These are Distutils configuration
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variables, which bear a strong resemblance to environment variables. In
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fact, you can use environment variables in config files---on platforms
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that have such a notion---but the Distutils additionally define a few
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extra variables that may not be in your environment, such as
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\code{\$PLAT}. (And of course, you can only use the configuration
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variables supplied by the Distutils on systems that don't have
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environment variables, such as Mac~OS (\XXX{true?}).) See
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section~\ref{sec:config-files} for details.
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\XXX{need some Windows and Mac~OS examples---when would custom
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installation schemes be needed on those platforms?}
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\section{Distutils Configuration Files}
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\label{sec:config-files}
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\XXX{not even implemented yet, much less documented!}
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\section{Pre-Distutils Conventions}
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\label{sec:pre-distutils}
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\subsection{The Makefile.pre.in file}
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\label{sec:makefile-pre-in}
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\subsection{Installing modules manually}
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\label{sec:manual-install}
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\end{document}
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