[Python-Dev] Python-Dev Digest, Vol 54, Issue 57

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 12:11:37PM -0800, Daniel Arbuckle wrote:
> I use ~/local, with a layout analogous to /usr, all the time. It's not
> a standard, but in my experience it is by far the best solution to
> installing things in the home directory. It doesn't matter much
> whether you call it local or .local or .pythonlocal (although that
> last would limit the utility somewhat, by implying that other things
> should be installed there). It does matter that it be a _subdirectory_
> of ~, and that it be structured like /usr.

   ~/.python
   ~/.python/bin
   ~/.python/lib
   ~/.python/lib/python2.5

Oleg.
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