2011/4/29 luckysmack <luckysm...@gmail.com>: > Pretty much like the title says. This is also for things like when i > open up a i/b/python shell, it would be cool to just be able to run > 'import gluon' or 'from gluon import foo'. Im sure this would also > have other benefits as well, but im not sure. I tried doing 'import > sys' and 'sys.path.append("/srv/sites/web2py/gluon")' but that didnt > seem to work. i also tried it without the/gluon part. Is it worth it > to do this? otherwise i can get the effect by opening a terminal and > going to the web2py directory, opening the python shell and importing > like that. This culd also be handy when running python scripts that > are in different places on the system and wanting to be able to import > something from gluon.
Using a Debian distribution (or any of its derivatives) you can install the debian package python-gluon ( http://packages.qa.debian.org/w/web2py.html ) . When installing it, gluon is available in the python path. Regards.