Konrad Hinsen schrieb: > I am trying to install Python from sources in my home directory on a > Mac cluster (running MacOS X 10.4.8). The path to my home directory > contains a blank, and since the installation procedure insists on > getting an absolute path for the prefix, I cannot avoid installing to a > path whose name contains a blank. Python does not seem to be prepared > for this, as it uses only the part before the blank, resulting in > numerous error messages. > > Does anyone know a workaround? > > Thanks, > Konrad. >
You could give /foo/bar\ baz/ham or "/foo/bar baz/ham" (either escaping the blanks or wrapping the path in quotation marks) a try. I can't verify it either, just guess from other terminals' behaviour. HTH, Stargaming -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
