[Distutils] installing to a non-standard directory

[K. Richard Pixley]

I'm trying to install to a non-standard directory.  Something akin to 
"python setup.py install --prefix=`pwd`/junk" using gnu makefile 
standards semantics for --prefix but I can't seem to find the right 
arguments to install to make this happen.  The closest I can seem to 
find is:

     python setup.py install --prefix=`pwd`/junk --install-layout=unix

But that returns errors:

    distutils.errors.DistutilsError: can't create or remove files in
    install directory

    The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
    installation directory:

         [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
    '/home/rich/projects/rcmp/junk/lib/python2.6/site-packages/test-easy-install-12743.pth'

    The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir,
    --prefix, or
    the distutils default setting) was:

         /home/rich/projects/rcmp/junk/lib/python2.6/site-packages/

    This directory does not currently exist.  Please create it and try
    again, or
    choose a different installation directory (using the -d or --install-dir
    option).

Although there doesn't appear to be any --install-dir option.

Can anyone explain what any of the 13 options related to this are 
intended to do?  Or better, can anyone tell me which one I want?

--rich
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