* Corey Richardson <co...@octayn.net> [120607 15:20]: > On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 15:09:36 -0800 > Tim Johnson <t...@akwebsoft.com> <t...@akwebsoft.com> wrote: > > > Does this mean that I could copy my MySQLdb module directly from > > my workstation via ftp to a server, and have it work, given that > > sys.path contained the path? > > > > No, absolutely not. MySQLdb is a C extension. Assuming same > architecture and shared libraries, it will *probably* work, but no > guarantees. If any of those are different, even slightly, it will break. Yeah, you're right - I knew that and I had forgotten! Sorry. So what to do if I can't install from the command line? I could use python's external command tools like subprocess.call(), but am not sure what the implications would be since privileges might be limited.
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