On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:06:59PM +0100, Øyvind Heggstad wrote: > On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:27:25 -0600 > "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Guy, > > > > I know nothing about python other than what it is. I need to > > install repoview-0.6.5 on my arch server, but I'm not sure where. > > Looking at the other python apps like cairo, FusionIcon, etc.. thay > > seem to be installed as a subdirectory to: > > > > /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ > > > > The repoview directory contains: > > > > drwxr-xr-x 3 david david 4096 Feb 19 13:31 templates > > -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 3457 Feb 19 13:31 ChangeLog > > -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 18009 Mar 3 2005 COPYING > > -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 708 Jul 19 2007 README > > -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 2634 Sep 27 2007 repoview.8 > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 david david 32932 Feb 19 13:31 repoview.py > > > > Do I just move the directory > > to /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/? Then is there something else I > > need to do to "register" (for lack of better words) repoview > > somewhere so python knows it is there? Then what about the man page? > > Anything special required to do I just move it to /usr/share/man > > or /usr/local/man? > > > You should use makepkg for it unless you are doing it in virtualenv. > > There already is a PKGBUILD for repoview in aur. > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35377 The directory /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages is where you install Python *modules*, which are extensions to the Python library to be used by Python programs. The normal way to install them there is using the Python distutils and a 'setup.py' script. Python *applications* must *not* be installed there. They should go in /usr/bin just as any other executable, and preferably not have the .py extension. The fact that they are Python programs is irrelevant to the user. If a package provides both a Python application and some modules required to run it then each part must be installed in the appropriate place. Ciao, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !
