From d70e72486a987fdeca5f153bbc56f2459252748d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laurent Bachelier Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:41:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fix and update INSTALL --- INSTALL | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index d182bfbc43..eec8cdeb08 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The install mode copies files to the Python system-wide packages directory (for example /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages for Python 2.5, or /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages for Python 2.6) -# ./setup.py install +# python setup.py install Scripts are copied to /usr/bin. @@ -32,9 +32,16 @@ The development mode doesn't copy files, but creates an egg-link in the Python system-wide packages directory which points to the development directory. It is useful for development when files often change. -# ./setup.py develop +# python setup.py develop Scripts are copied to /usr/bin too. To uninstall, remove the egg-link from the Python system-wide packages directory and remove the weboob_dev line in easy-install.pth. + +It is possible to install in a specific directory, and it does not need root privileges. For instance: + +$ mkdir ~/mydir +$ PYTHONPATH=~/mydir python setup.py develop --install-dir ~/mydir + +That way, the only altered directory is the one you chose earlier. -- GitLab