Where to install non-debianized python modules?

Gregor Gorjanc · External Since: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 2

Hello!

I am a total newbie to Python and I am confused with installation of
non-debianized python modules? I am trying to install PyPedal[1] module.
It has several dependencies and I have found most of them as debian
packages for which I am really grateful to you folks! I am left with a
list of three modules that are not debianized i.e.: pythondoc, testoob
and PyPedal. How should these be installed so that I will not mess up my
Debian installation? If I simply use the following

wget
http://puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pypedal/PyPedal-2.0.0b21.tar.gz

## This should be now general
tar -xzvvf PyPedal-*
cd PyPedal-*
python setup.py install

I will end up with messing the system stuff. Which flag should I use
--home, --debian, --prefix, ... to properly separate local installation.

I appologize if this is trivial, but I was not able to find any relevant
info on the web.

Thank you!

[1]http://pypedal.sourceforge.net/

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Sam Morris · External Since: Nov 15, 2004 Posts: 401

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:11:34 +0200, Gregor Gorjanc wrote:
> I am a total newbie to Python and I am confused with installation of
> non-debianized python modules? I am trying to install PyPedal[1] module.
> It has several dependencies and I have found most of them as debian
> packages for which I am really grateful to you folks! I am left with a
> list of three modules that are not debianized i.e.: pythondoc, testoob
> and PyPedal. How should these be installed so that I will not mess up my
> Debian installation? If I simply use the following
>
> wget
> http://puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pypedal/
PyPedal-2.0.0b21.tar.gz
>
> ## This should be now general
> tar -xzvvf PyPedal-*
> cd PyPedal-*
> python setup.py install
>
> I will end up with messing the system stuff. Which flag should I use
> --home, --debian, --prefix, ... to properly separate local installation.
>
> I appologize if this is trivial, but I was not able to find any relevant
> info on the web.
>
> Thank you!
>
> [1]http://pypedal.sourceforge.net/

Try: python setup.py --prefix=/usr/local

More info is available in "Installing Python Modules", available at /usr/
share/doc/python/html/inst/ if you install the python-doc package, or
online at <http://docs.python.org/inst/inst.html>.

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Gregor Gorjanc · External Since: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 2

Corey Wright wrote:
>> More info is available in "Installing Python Modules", available at /usr/
>> share/doc/python/html/inst/ if you install the python-doc package, or
>> online at <http://docs.python.org/inst/inst.html>.
>
> specifically see section "3.2 Alternate installation: Unix (the prefix
> scheme)"
> http://docs.python.org/inst/alt-install-windows.html#SECTION0003200000...0000000
> which recommends the command Sam suggested (e.g. "/usr/bin/python setup.py
> install --prefix=/usr/local").

Thanks to Sam and Corey!

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Bernd Zeimetz · External Since: Jul 17, 2006 Posts: 228

Heya,
>
> Try: python setup.py --prefix=/usr/local
>
> More info is available in "Installing Python Modules", available at /usr/
> share/doc/python/html/inst/ if you install the python-doc package, or
> online at <http://docs.python.org/inst/inst.html>.
>
and if you want to avoid a messy /usr/local, consider to use stow to
manage it.

As this module seems to be pretty useful for you should also consider to
post a RFP (request for packaging) bug against the pseudo-package wnpp
(see [1]). I'm quite happy that you've posted the link to pypedal, as I
was searching for such modules for a new open source project, so I'm
probably willing to package it, but as I won't find the time to work
myself into the whole theme, test the module and package it. If you send
in a RFP, probably somebody else will package it, or I'll have a look at
it when I start with the project - which won't be this summer.

Cheers,

Bernd

[1]: http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#l1

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