Hi <div><br></div><div>I am installing setuptools using the --prefix option it complains the directory does not exist even though it does. The install works however when I use the --instal-dir option as it recommends.<div>
<br></div><div>Thought I would pass this along</div><div>Hari</div><div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>macbook-pro-17:~ hari$ sudo sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg --prefix=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages</div>
<div>error: can&#39;t create or remove files in install directory</div><div><br></div><div>The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the</div><div>installation directory:</div><div><br></div><div>
    [Errno 2] No such file or directory: &#39;/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/lib/python2.6/site-packages/test-easy-install-79530.pth&#39;</div><div><br></div><div>The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or</div>
<div>the distutils default setting) was:</div><div><br></div><div>    /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/lib/python2.6/site-packages</div><div><br></div><div>This directory does not currently exist.  Please create it and try again, or</div>
<div>choose a different installation directory (using the -d or --install-dir</div><div>option).</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>