Re: Installing PyYAML into local install of Python?

Daryl Spitzer wrote:
> I've installed Python 2.6.4 into (a subdirectory in) my home directory
> on a Linux machine with Python 2.3.4 pre-installed, because I need to
> run some code that I've decided would require too much work to make it
> run on 2.3.4.
> I was hoping I could run `~/Python-2.6.4/python setup.py install`
> (from the PyYAML directory in my home directory, where I untarred the
> PyYAML sources) and it would be smart enough to install it into my
> local Python 2.6.4 install.  But it's not.  (See the P.S.)
> 
> Is it possible to install PyYAML into my local Python install, so that
> "import yaml" will work when I invoke that Python?  If so, how do I do
> that?

I think it's a problem with your local Python installation; if so, 
you'll get the same error with any module, not just PyYAML.

Most likely, you ran `configure` and `make` in ~/Python-2.6.4/, but 
didn't run `make install`.  Nevertheless, Python tries to install the 
module to the default location, in this case, /usr/local/lib/python-2.6.

To run Python from your home directory, you need to rebuild it with a 
suitable 'prefix' parameter.  For instance, run

$ cd ~/Python-2.6.4
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/my-python
$ make
$ make install

This will install Python to ~/my-python/bin. Then you can run
$ ~/my-python/bin/python setup.py install
which will install the module to ~/my-python/lib.


Thanks,
Kirill


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