Installing packages in /usr/local

[Torsten Bronger]

Hallöchen!

I use the Suse 10.0 RPM of Python 2.4.  Unfortunately, it doesn't
seem to look for packages in /usr/local because "prefix" and
"exec_prefix" in site.py are the same (namely usr/).

I have my own packages in /usr/local/lib/python/site-packages.  (Due
to easier backup, I don't want to change that.)  What is the best
way to make Python look there?

I tried PYTHONPATH but I had trouble with a Python cron job which
didn't have the proper environment.  I could edit site.py manually,
however, I wonder whether there is a cleaner way?

Tschö,
Torsten.

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