Thanks, Andi. Apparently installing this stuff in the virtual environment is a bit more difficult than installing regular packages. It looks like I am trying to install JCC.egg-info/PKG-INFO in the wrong place. How do I tell it the right place? I'm on Ubuntu 10.04, by the way. Thanks, Herb
(venv)h...@ubuntu2:~/pylucene-2.9.2-1/jcc$ python setup.py build running build running build_py copying jcc/config.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/jcc running build_ext (venv)h...@ubuntu2:~/pylucene-2.9.2-1/jcc$ python setup.py install running install running bdist_egg running egg_info writing JCC.egg-info/PKG-INFO error: JCC.egg-info/PKG-INFO: Permission denied On May 21, 2010 at 6:37 PM Andi Vajda <va...@apache.org> wrote: > > On May 21, 2010, at 11:14, "h...@orcatec.com" <h...@orcatec.com> wrote: > > > I set up pylucene and installed it in the standard fashion. That > > seems to have > > worked. Now I am building a virtual environment to do some > > development in. > > I ran make from the virtualenv and it worked, but when I try to make > > install, it > > tries to put it in /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ > > > > I saw a suggestion from Andi about using --home, but I'm not sure > > where to put > > it. Is that what needs to be done? Do I have to build jcc from the > > virtualenv > > as well? In other words, where do I start when putting things in my > > virtualenv? Can I copy from dist-packages? > > I use virtualenv a lot as I have to have a bunch of branches/configs > available on the same machine. > > I always use the python executable that's installed in the virtualenv. > You need to make sure that's also the case in the PyLucene Makefile by > editing the section corresponding to your platform to make it so > (PREFIX_PYTHON). > > I also always build jcc into the virtualenv first although that > shouldn't strictly be necessary since virtualenv normally inherits > modules from its origin. > > Andi.. > > > > > Thanks, > > Herb
