Hi, I'm running on a server where I don't have root access. I've installed my own Python into ~/py-2.5.1 (with a ~/py symlink), and created my own ~/pylib directory for installing any extra packages I need. I'd like to start using Easy Install / setuptools to manage package installation, and have read the "Custom Installation Locations" --> " "Traditional" PYTHONPATH-based Installation" section of the EasyInstall manual (among other sections :). It's key that, if easy_install installs prereq's, those packages end up installed in ~/pylib (since I don't have write access to any site-packages directories). The instructions at http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall indicate that I should probably have a ~/.pydistutils.cfg file containing either:: [easy_install] install_dir = /home/me/pylib or else:: [install] install_lib = /home/me/pylib install_scripts = /home/me/bin So, which one of those would be suitable for my setup? It looks like an alternative to that would be using the ``--install-dir`` option to easy_install every time I run it. If using ``--install-dir``, will easy_install honor that when decending to instal dependencies as well? Note, I've already got ~/py/bin in my PATH, PYTHONPATH is being set to /home/me/pylib in my ~/.bash_profile, and it looks to me that, installing packages by-hand, the correct way for my setup is:: python setup.py install --home=/home/me/pylib So, I'm guessing that the above configurations for easy_install will get me the same thing. Any tips appreciated. Thanks. ---John