> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Thomas Gallen<kaori.hin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Are you referring to manual installation of packages or using the > > package management system to install packages in alternate locations? If > > it's the latter: > > I develop software for a production system that is often lagging > behind the mainstream. So, on my laptop and desktop I often have to > build older versions of Python, Django, sqlite, etc., to match what's > in production. To do that I just build custom versions of Python like > > ./configure --prefix=$HOME/my/custom/location > > I've had issues with getting python-sqlite working on Gentoo though, > with anything but the version packaged in the portage tree. The > pysqlite2 developers weren't much help.
Has setting PYTHONPATH/the module search path not worked out when you changed it? I think the search path precedence is current directory, then PYTHONPATH, then the default module search path. If that's not working then there's something strange happening there... http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html#the-module-search-path > > If it's the former though, I've always just created a directory > > somewhere as a sandbox and created a file in /etc/env.d to set up my > > path, library locations, etc. > > I almost need multiple boxes to target each release I'm working on, > but I can't afford that, so I have scripts to set up environment > variables to pick the correct install of Python. That's what I do. ^_^; Guilty as charged. > Mike > -- > Michael P. Soulier <msoul...@digitaltorque.ca> > "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a > touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." > --Albert Einstein >
