[Spambayes] mac os x install error

[Skip Montanaro]

    Skip> Have you tried installing as root?  

I forgot to mention that there are obvious caveats.  You might still want to
install somewhere else to keep from messing with the system software.  I
have a ~/local tree then put ~/local/bin in my PATH and make sure
~/local/lib/python<version> is found by python (either by adding it to
PYTHONPATH, creating a sitecustomize.py file or sticking a .pth file into a
directory that's in sys.path by default).  With a similar setup, you can
just install like so:

    python setup.py install --prefix=$HOME/local

No rooty-ness required.

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