On Saturday 21 August 2010, it occurred to aj to exclaim: > I am trying to install python with make install DESTDIR=/home/blah >
> --prefix=/ ... > creating /lib/python2.6 > error: could not create '/lib/python2.6': Permission denied > make: *** [sharedinstall] Error 1 Obviously, the flags you specified didn't have the effect you intended. --prefix=$HOME should do the trick. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list