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Kirill Smelkov
cpython
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4eaa3bfe
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Apr 19, 2000
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Greg Ward
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Reverted '\var' in the "standard installation location" table to '\filevar'.
Reformatted wide paragraphs.
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@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ have to open a command prompt window and do it there; on Mac~OS ...
You should always run the setup command from the distribution root
directory, i.e. the top-level subdirectory that the module source
distribution unpacks into. For example, if you've just downloaded a
module source distribution
\file
{
foo-1.0.tar.gz
}
onto a Unix system, the
module source distribution
\file
{
foo-1.0.tar.gz
}
onto a Unix system, the
normal thing to do is:
\begin{verbatim}
gunzip -c foo-1.0.tar.gz | tar xf - # unpacks into directory foo-1.0
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@@ -177,10 +177,11 @@ python setup.py install
\end{verbatim}
On Windows, you'd probably unpack the archive before opening the command
prompt. If you downloaded the archive file to
\file
{
C:
\textbackslash
{}
Temp
}
,
then it probably unpacked (depending on your software) into
\file
{
C:
\textbackslash
{}
Temp
\textbackslash
{}
foo-1.0
}
; from the command prompt window,
you would then run
prompt. If you downloaded the archive file to
\file
{
C:
\textbackslash
{}
Temp
}
, then it probably unpacked (depending on
your software) into
\file
{
C:
\textbackslash
{}
Temp
\textbackslash
{}
foo-1.0
}
; from the command
prompt window, you would then run
\begin{verbatim}
cd c:
\temp\foo
-1.0
python setup.py install
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@@ -219,8 +220,8 @@ As implied above, the \command{build} command is responsible for putting
the files to install into a
\emph
{
build directory
}
. By default, this is
\file
{
build
}
under the distribution root; if you're excessively
concerned with speed, or want to keep the source tree pristine, you can
change the build directory with the
\longprogramopt
{
build-base
}
option.
For
example:
change the build directory with the
\longprogramopt
{
build-base
}
option.
For
example:
\begin{verbatim}
python setup.py build --build-base=/tmp/pybuild/foo-1.0
\end{verbatim}
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@@ -269,23 +270,23 @@ being installed is pure Python or contains extensions (``non-pure''):
\begin{tableiv}
{
l|l|l|c
}{
textrm
}
%
{
Platform
}{
Standard installation location
}{
Default value
}{
Notes
}
\lineiv
{
Unix (pure)
}
{
\filenq
{
\var
{
prefix
}
/lib/python1.6/site-packages
}}
{
\filenq
{
\
file
var
{
prefix
}
/lib/python1.6/site-packages
}}
{
\filenq
{
/usr/local/lib/python1.6/site-packages
}}
{
(1)
}
\lineiv
{
Unix (non-pure)
}
{
\filenq
{
\var
{
exec-prefix
}
/lib/python1.6/site-packages
}}
{
\filenq
{
\
file
var
{
exec-prefix
}
/lib/python1.6/site-packages
}}
{
\filenq
{
/usr/local/lib/python1.6/site-packages
}}
{
(1)
}
\lineiv
{
Windows
}
{
\filenq
{
\var
{
prefix
}}}
{
\filenq
{
\
file
var
{
prefix
}}}
{
\filenq
{
C:
\textbackslash
{}
Python
}}
{
(2)
}
\lineiv
{
Mac~OS (pure)
}
{
\filenq
{
\var
{
prefix
}
:Lib
}}
{
\filenq
{
\
file
var
{
prefix
}
:Lib
}}
{
\filenq
{
Python:Lib
}
\XXX
{
???
}}
{}
\lineiv
{
Mac~OS (non-pure)
}
{
\var
{
prefix
}
:Mac:PlugIns
}
{
\
file
var
{
prefix
}
:Mac:PlugIns
}
{
\filenq
{
Python:Mac:PlugIns
}
\XXX
{
???
}}
{}
\end{tableiv}
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@@ -298,8 +299,8 @@ being installed is pure Python or contains extensions (``non-pure''):
any Unix-like system), the default
\filevar
{
prefix
}
and
\filevar
{
exec-prefix
}
are
\file
{
/usr/local
}
.
\item
[(2)]
The default installation directory on Windows was
\file
{
C:
\textbackslash
{}
Program Files
\textbackslash
{}
Python
}
under
Python 1.6a1,
1.5.2, and earlier.
\file
{
C:
\textbackslash
{}
Program Files
\textbackslash
{}
Python
}
under
Python 1.6a1,
1.5.2, and earlier.
\end{description}
\filevar
{
prefix
}
and
\filevar
{
exec-prefix
}
stand for the directories
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@@ -397,9 +398,9 @@ option. Lazy typists can just type a tilde (\code{\textasciitilde}); the
python setup.py install --home=~
\end{verbatim}
The
\longprogramopt
{
home
}
option defines the installation base
directory. Files
are installed to the following directories under the installation bas
e
as follows:
The
\longprogramopt
{
home
}
option defines the installation base
directory. Files are installed to the following directories under th
e
installation base
as follows:
\installscheme
{
home
}{
/lib/python
}
{
home
}{
/lib/python
}
{
home
}{
/bin
}
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@@ -438,30 +439,31 @@ could be done with
/usr/local/bin/python setup.py install --prefix=/mnt/@server/export
\end{verbatim}
In either case, the
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
option defines the
installation
base, and the
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
option defines the platform-specific
installation base, which is used for platform-specific files.
(Currently, this just means non-pure module distributions, but could b
e
expanded to C libraries, binary executables, etc.) If
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
is not supplied, it defaults to
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
.
Files are installed as follows:
In either case, the
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
option defines the
installation base, and the
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
option defines
the platform-specific installation base, which is used for
platform-specific files. (Currently, this just means non-pure modul
e
distributions, but could be expanded to C libraries, binary executables,
etc.) If
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
is not supplied, it defaults to
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
.
Files are installed as follows:
\installscheme
{
prefix
}{
/lib/python1.
\filevar
{
X
}
/site-packages
}
{
exec-prefix
}{
/lib/python1.
\filevar
{
X
}
/site-packages
}
{
prefix
}{
/bin
}
{
prefix
}{
/share
}
There is no requirement that
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
or
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
actually point to an alternate Python installation; if the directories
listed above do not already exist, they are created at installation
time.
There is no requirement that
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
or
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
actually point to an alternate Python
installation; if the directories listed above do not already exist, they
are created at installation
time.
Incidentally, the real reason the prefix scheme is important is simply
that a standard Unix installation uses the prefix scheme, but with
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
and
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
supplied by Python itself (as
\code
{
sys.prefix
}
and
\code
{
sys.exec
\_
prefix
}
). Thus, you might think
you'll never use the prefix scheme, but every time you run
\code
{
python
setup.py install
}
without any other options, you're using it.
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
and
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
supplied by
Python itself (as
\code
{
sys.prefix
}
and
\code
{
sys.exec
\_
prefix
}
). Thus,
you might think you'll never use the prefix scheme, but every time you
run
\code
{
python setup.py install
}
without any other options, you're
using it.
Note that installing extensions to an alternate Python installation has
no effect on how those extensions are built: in particular, the Python
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@@ -472,8 +474,8 @@ used to run extensions installed in this way is compatibile with the
interpreter used to build them. The best way to do this is to ensure
that the two interpreters are the same version of Python (possibly
different builds, or possibly copies of the same build). (Of course, if
your
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
and
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
don't even
point to an
alternate Python installation, this is immaterial.)
your
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
and
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
don't even
point to an
alternate Python installation, this is immaterial.)
\subsection
{
Alternate installation: Windows
}
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...
@@ -481,18 +483,18 @@ alternate Python installation, this is immaterial.)
Since Windows has no conception of a user's home directory, and since
the standard Python installation under Windows is simpler than that
under Unix, there's no point in having separate
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
and
\longprogramopt
{
home
}
options. Just use the
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
option to specify
a base directory, e.g.
under Unix, there's no point in having separate
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
and
\longprogramopt
{
home
}
options. Just use the
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
option to specify
a base directory, e.g.
\begin{verbatim}
python setup.py install --prefix="
\Temp\Python
"
\end{verbatim}
to install modules to the
\file
{
\textbackslash
{}
Temp
}
directory on the current
drive.
The installation base is defined by the
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
option;
the
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
option is not supported under Windows. Files are
installed as follows:
The installation base is defined by the
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
option;
the
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
option is not supported under Windows.
Files are
installed as follows:
\installscheme
{
prefix
}{}
{
prefix
}{}
{
prefix
}{
\textbackslash
{}
Scripts
}
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...
@@ -504,8 +506,8 @@ installed as follows:
Like Windows, Mac~OS has no notion of home directories (or even of
users), and a fairly simple standard Python installation. Thus, only a
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
option is needed. It defines the installation
base, and
files are installed under it as follows:
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
option is needed. It defines the installation
base, and
files are installed under it as follows:
\XXX
{
how do MacPython users run the interpreter with command-line args?
}
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...
@@ -541,16 +543,16 @@ how you define a custom installation scheme. These override options can
be relative, absolute, or explicitly defined in terms of one of the
installation base directories. (There are two installation base
directories, and they are normally the same---they only differ when you
use the Unix ``prefix scheme'' and supply different
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
and
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
options.)
use the Unix ``prefix scheme'' and supply different
\longprogramopt
{
prefix
}
and
\longprogramopt
{
exec-prefix
}
options.)
For example, say you're installing a module distribution to your home
directory under Unix---but you want scripts to go in
\file
{
\textasciitilde
/scripts
}
rather than
\file
{
\textasciitilde
/bin
}
.
As you might
expect, you can override this directory with the
\longprogramopt
{
install-scripts
}
option; in this case, it makes most
sense to
s
upply a relative path, which will be interpreted relative to the
installation base directory (your home directory, in this case):
\file
{
\textasciitilde
/scripts
}
rather than
\file
{
\textasciitilde
/bin
}
.
As you might
expect, you can override this directory with the
\longprogramopt
{
install-scripts
}
option; in this case, it makes most
s
ense to supply a relative path, which will be interpreted relative to
the
installation base directory (your home directory, in this case):
\begin{verbatim}
python setup.py install --home --install-scripts=scripts
\end{verbatim}
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