On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 8:53 AM, <lukshun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > During installing a package which uses distribute (matplotlib in this case), > it refuses to work with this message > > "running install > Checking .pth file support in > /usr/local/stow/matplotlib-1.3.0/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ > /usr/bin/python -E -c pass > TEST FAILED: /usr/local/stow/matplotlib-1.3.0/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ > does NOT support .pth files > error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH > ... > Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again." > > I install local packages using the stow approach, which installs each > package under its own sub-directory and later "stowed" > (https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/). Such "error" becomes a nuisance as a > different PYTHONPATH has to be set for each installation of a package. > > How can the checking be disable? I don't seem to be able to find anything in > the documentation and would be grateful for any pointer. > > Or maybe it's better turned into a warning and users be reminded to add the > install directory to PYTHONPATH.
By default setuptools (distribute) installs packages as eggs, and loading eggs requires the ability to write a .pth file to a directory that will be checked for .pth files at start up (i.e. is in PYTHONPATH or otherwise on sys.path by default). You can avoid doing an egg-based install by instead running: python setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --prefix /usr/local/stow/matplotlib-1.3.0 or something to that effect. I think if you do this you also need to make sure to manually add the .egg-info directory as well. I think you can do this with python setup.py install_egg_info --install-dir /usr/local/stow/matplotlib-1.3.0/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ but YMMV. You might also try just installing with pip since it will basically install the package in the same way by default. Erik _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
