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! \subsection{Alternate installation: \UNIX{} (the home scheme)}
  \label{alt-install-prefix}
  
- Under \UNIX, there are two ways to perform an alternate installation.
- The ``prefix scheme'' is similar to how alternate installation works
- under Windows and Mac OS, but is not necessarily the most useful way to
- maintain a personal Python library.  Hence, we document the more
- convenient and commonly useful ``home scheme'' first.
- 
  The idea behind the ``home scheme'' is that you build and maintain a
! personal stash of Python modules, probably under your home directory.
  Installing a new module distribution is as simple as
  
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! \subsection{Alternate installation: the home scheme}
  \label{alt-install-prefix}
  
  The idea behind the ``home scheme'' is that you build and maintain a
! personal stash of Python modules.  This scheme's name is derived from
! the idea of a ``home'' directory on \UNIX, since it's not unusual for
! a \UNIX{} user to make their home directory have a layout similar to
! \file{/usr/} or \file{/usr/local/}.  This scheme can be used by
! anyone, regardless of the operating system their installing for.
! 
  Installing a new module distribution is as simple as
  
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  \end{verbatim}
  
! where you can supply any directory you like for the \longprogramopt{home}
! option.  Lazy typists can just type a tilde (\code{\textasciitilde}); the
! \command{install} command will expand this to your home directory:
  
  \begin{verbatim}
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  \end{verbatim}
  
! where you can supply any directory you like for the
! \longprogramopt{home} option.  On \UNIX, lazy typists can just type a
! tilde (\code{\textasciitilde}); the \command{install} command will
! expand this to your home directory:
  
  \begin{verbatim}
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                {home}{/share}
  
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+ \versionchanged[The \longprogramopt{home} option used to be supported
+                 only on \UNIX]{2.4}
+ 
+ 
  \subsection{Alternate installation: \UNIX{} (the prefix scheme)}
  \label{alt-install-home}
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! \subsection{Alternate installation: Windows}
  \label{alt-install-windows}
  
! Since Windows has no conception of a user's home directory, and since
! the standard Python installation under Windows is simpler than that
! under \UNIX, there's no point in having separate \longprogramopt{prefix}
! and \longprogramopt{home} options.  Just use the \longprogramopt{prefix}
! option to specify a base directory, e.g.
  
  \begin{verbatim}
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! \subsection{Alternate installation: Windows (the prefix scheme)}
  \label{alt-install-windows}
  
! Windows has no concept of a user's home directory, and since the
! standard Python installation under Windows is simpler than under
! \UNIX, the \longprogramopt{prefix} option has traditionally been used
! to install additional packages in separate locations on Windows.
  
  \begin{verbatim}