[Python-Dev] Python-Dev Digest, Vol 54, Issue 57 (original) (raw)

Oleg Broytmann phd at phd.pp.ru
Tue Jan 15 21🔞13 CET 2008


On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 12:11:37PM -0800, Daniel Arbuckle wrote:

I use ~/local, with a layout analogous to /usr, all the time. It's not a standard, but in my experience it is by far the best solution to installing things in the home directory. It doesn't matter much whether you call it local or .local or .pythonlocal (although that last would limit the utility somewhat, by implying that other things should be installed there). It does matter that it be a subdirectory of ~, and that it be structured like /usr.

~/.python ~/.python/bin ~/.python/lib ~/.python/lib/python2.5

Oleg.

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