On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:11:42 +0100, Diez B. Roggisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Philipp Pagel wrote: > >> Alfons Nonell-Canals <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Install python modules in a linux computer is really easy, it is because >>> the module is a package of the distribution or because the python >>> installation is really easy. But, in both situations, you need root >>> privilegies. >> >>> I would like to know how to install modules only for one user, with no >>> root privilegies. Do you know if it is possible and easy. >> >> Yes, there is. You can choose among two strategies referred to as "home >> scheme" and "prefix scheme" in the "Installing Python Modules" >> documentation: >> >> http://docs.python.org/install/index.html >> >> Have a look at Section 3 "Alternate installation". > > That's waaaaaaaaay much more than is actually needed, as thus each user > would end up with a different installation.
The "home scheme", you mean. It seems to me that this is exactly what the poster wants -- mess with a bunch of modules without having to consider anyone else's needs. > Setting the PYTHONPATH-env-variable to a user writable location allows e.g. > easy_install and friends to install into that location. Yes, but the users have to trust everyone with write access to that place. Someone could replace a module with a trojan horse, or simply with a newer version which isn't compatible, and things would break. Sometimes this is OK, but sometimes you only trust root and yourself. > And installing > virtualenv globally, everybody can create a "local" > site-packages-directory. Cannot comment -- I haven't used it. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ snipabacken.se> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
