Re: Install modules with no root privilegies
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:11:42 +0100, Diez B. Roggisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Philipp Pagel wrote: > >> Alfons Nonell-Canals <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Install python modules in a linux computer is really easy, it is because >>> the module is a package of the distribution or because the python >>> installation is really easy. But, in both situations, you need root >>> privilegies. >> >>> I would like to know how to install modules only for one user, with no >>> root privilegies. Do you know if it is possible and easy. >> >> Yes, there is. You can choose among two strategies referred to as "home >> scheme" and "prefix scheme" in the "Installing Python Modules" >> documentation: >> >> http://docs.python.org/install/index.html >> >> Have a look at Section 3 "Alternate installation". > > That's way much more than is actually needed, as thus each user > would end up with a different installation. The "home scheme", you mean. It seems to me that this is exactly what the poster wants -- mess with a bunch of modules without having to consider anyone else's needs. > Setting the PYTHONPATH-env-variable to a user writable location allows e.g. > easy_install and friends to install into that location. Yes, but the users have to trust everyone with write access to that place. Someone could replace a module with a trojan horse, or simply with a newer version which isn't compatible, and things would break. Sometimes this is OK, but sometimes you only trust root and yourself. > And installing > virtualenv globally, everybody can create a "local" > site-packages-directory. Cannot comment -- I haven't used it. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Install modules with no root privilegies
Philipp Pagel wrote: > Alfons Nonell-Canals <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Install python modules in a linux computer is really easy, it is because >> the module is a package of the distribution or because the python >> installation is really easy. But, in both situations, you need root >> privilegies. > >> I would like to know how to install modules only for one user, with no >> root privilegies. Do you know if it is possible and easy. > > Yes, there is. You can choose among two strategies referred to as "home > scheme" and "prefix scheme" in the "Installing Python Modules" > documentation: > > http://docs.python.org/install/index.html > > Have a look at Section 3 "Alternate installation". That's way much more than is actually needed, as thus each user would end up with a different installation. Setting the PYTHONPATH-env-variable to a user writable location allows e.g. easy_install and friends to install into that location. And installing virtualenv globally, everybody can create a "local" site-packages-directory. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Install modules with no root privilegies
Alfons Nonell-Canals wrote: Hello, Install python modules in a linux computer is really easy, it is because the module is a package of the distribution or because the python installation is really easy. But, in both situations, you need root privilegies. I would like to know how to install modules only for one user, with no root privilegies. Do you know if it is possible and easy. I would like to add that i need some modules only for my user and incly for one progam. Thanks in advance! Alfons. As I just replied to another user (thinking I was responding to this post), as of Python 2.6 / 3.0, if Python is not restricted to system directories for security reasons (if sys.flags.no_user_site is non-0), you may make a directory in your home directory to be searched. See http://docs.python.org/library/site.html for details on USER_SITE and USER_BASE. That provides a searched location without having to cook up a custom PYTHONPATH. --Scott David Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Install modules with no root privilegies
Alfons Nonell-Canals <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Install python modules in a linux computer is really easy, it is because > the module is a package of the distribution or because the python > installation is really easy. But, in both situations, you need root > privilegies. > I would like to know how to install modules only for one user, with no > root privilegies. Do you know if it is possible and easy. Yes, there is. You can choose among two strategies referred to as "home scheme" and "prefix scheme" in the "Installing Python Modules" documentation: http://docs.python.org/install/index.html Have a look at Section 3 "Alternate installation". cu Philipp -- Dr. Philipp Pagel Lehrstuhl f. Genomorientierte Bioinformatik Technische Universität München http://mips.gsf.de/staff/pagel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Install modules with no root privilegies
Hello, Install python modules in a linux computer is really easy, it is because the module is a package of the distribution or because the python installation is really easy. But, in both situations, you need root privilegies. I would like to know how to install modules only for one user, with no root privilegies. Do you know if it is possible and easy. I would like to add that i need some modules only for my user and incly for one progam. Thanks in advance! Alfons. -- Alfons Nonell-Canals, PhD Chemogenomics Lab Research Group on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB) - IMIM/UPF Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) C/ Doctor Aiguader, 88 - 08003 Barcelona [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://cgl.imim.es Tel. +34933160528 http://alfons.elmeuportal.cat http://www.selenocisteina.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
