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Zezeng Wang commented on THRIFT-2206:
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I have done a similar operation, it is possible to install the Python library
to /usr/lib/python2.7, but the environment I tried is Ubuntu 7.3.0 -16ubuntu3
> Cannot install python files in custom prefix
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> Key: THRIFT-2206
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-2206
> Project: Thrift
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Python - Library
> Affects Versions: 0.9.1
> Environment: Redhat Linux 6.4
> Reporter: Afief Halumi
> Priority: Minor
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> ./configure --prefix=/home/me/
> make
> make install
> Still tries to install files to /usr/lib/python2.7 and fails because it
> doesn't have permission to write there.
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