[Distutils] setuptools error when using --prefix option, complains directory does not exist

Bill Janssen janssen at parc.com
Tue Mar 9 21:28:16 CET 2010


Hari,

I think this works if you use "--root=/" along with "--prefix=foo".
So, if you wanted to install in, for example, "/Library/MyPackage/",
you'd say, "--root=/ --prefix=/Library/MyPackage".

I think this is better than using "--install-dir", because it handles
platform issues like "lib" vs "lib64" on Red Hat.

Bill


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