Micah Elliott napisaĆ(a): >>How to install this structure eg. on Linux? What layout do you >>recommend? It's tempting to use /opt hierarchy for installation >>target (as it gives relatively much freedom within application >>directory), but many administrators are reluctant to use this >>hierarchy and prefer more standarized targets, such as /usr or >>/usr/local. > > Read about (and use) the Python-provided distutils, and let it do the > work for you. In particular, > <http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.2/inst/alt-install-windows.html> > discusses installation location. The file name is a misnomer; it's > equally applicable to linux.
I think that installing *application* (not misc. library) modules in site-packages is at least stupid idea, as it makes a special filesystem inside other, much more standarized filesystem (Windows, FHS, etc.). Why not to do this usual way: libraries to $prefix/lib/$appname-$version, binary to $prefix/bin, shared files to $prefix/share/$appname, etc -- and appropriately on Windows. -- Jarek Zgoda http://jpa.berlios.de/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list