bbxx789> Can you explain how that works? If you install python in bbxx789> /usr/local, doesn't that leave you with something like bbxx789> /usr/local/python? So what does putting usr/local/bin ahead of bbxx789> your other paths do?
When you install with --prefix==/usr/local you will wind up with /usr/local/bin/python. There will also be a /usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y (with structure underneath it) containing all the Python and extension modules. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list