David Cournapeau wrote:
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 3:56 PM, John Nagle <na...@animats.com> wrote:
MySQLdb won't install as non-root on Python 2.6 because
its "setup.py" file requires "setuptools". "setuptools",
unlike "distutils", isn't part of the Python 2.6 distribution.
IMPORTANT PACKAGES SHOULD NOT USE "setuptools". Use the
standard "distutils". "setuptools" and "eggs" create more
problems than they solve. "setuptools" has many built-in
assumptions about where things are supposed to be, and they're
usually wrong.
Yes, setuptools is often a pain.
The magic incantation you want is something like python setup.py
install --prefix=someprefix --single-version-externally-managed
--record=/dev/null. I myself have a small script which detects whether
setup.py uses setuptools or not, and add the necessary options in
setuptools case for a sane behavior.
David
The "setup.py" file for MySQLdb has, as its first Python
line, "from setuptools import ...". No combination of options will
get around that.
John Nagle
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