[Tutor] Installing python via ftp in virtual domain

[Tim Johnson]

On Monday 02 February 2009, John Fouhy wrote:
> 2009/2/3 Tim Johnson <tim at johnsons-web.com>:
> > I have a client who is hosting under virtual domain services that do not
> > provide python.
> > He has unlimited disk space available ( or so the hoster says) and they
> > would allow installation of binaries in the virtual domain via ftp.
> >
> > It's a linux 'box' with a /private folder under the domain root. given
> > that I have python 2.5 installed on my own desktop, which is also linux,
> > could I expect to be able to install python and all libraries via FTP?
>
> I guess the issues you'd face are:
>  - different architecture (could be 64bit?)
  Let's say that they are using 32-bit architecture, then
>  - wrong libraries
  how do we resolve paths to libraries?
  tim - :-) who has other alternatives.