andybak wrote: > There are several gaps in my Python knowledge, one of which is the what > exactly setuptools does and how it works. > > I'm on a shared host so can't write to site-packages therefore most > setup.py's fail. > > My strategy for pure python packages is to run setup.py locally and > copy anything that gets put in site-packages across to the shared host > somewhere in my Python path. I'm sure there is a better solution! > > What's the best approach for situations when you can't tamper with the > Python install?
If you've got setuptools installed, you can use the development mode + a staging dir that you put in your PYTHONPATH. Then the copying is done for you. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
