On 10/3/06, Phillip J. Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cygwin, Mac OS X, Linux, Other > ============================== > > 1. Download the appropriate egg for your version of Python (e.g. > ``setuptools-0.6c4-py2.4.egg``). Do NOT rename it. > > 2. Make it executable (e.g. ``chmod +x setuptools-0.6c4-py2.4.egg``) > > 3. Run it (e.g. ``./setuptools-0.6c4-py2.4.egg``). Setuptools will > install itself using the matching version of Python (e.g. > ``python2.4``), and will place the ``easy_install`` executable > in the default location for installing Python scripts. > > If you want to install setuptools to somewhere other than ``site-packages`` > or your default distutils installation locations for libraries and scripts, > you > may use EasyInstall command-line options such as ``--prefix``, > ``--install-dir``, and so on. You can use ``--help`` to get a full options > list, but we recommend consulting the `EasyInstall manual`_ for detailed > instructions, especially `the section on custom installation locations`_.
Wouldn't it be easier to just tell them to do "sh ./setuptools-0.6c4-py2.4.egg" instead of marking it executable first? -bob _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
