--- Paul Johnson <pauljohn32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > That's probably because the rpm module is a Red > Hat thing, not a > > Python thing. An RPM of Python 2.4 for a system > with Python 2.3 on it > > probably doesn't include the rpm module because > it's not generally > > needed outside the RH utilities, which all pretty > much require that > > you use the version of python installed with the > system (if for no > > other reason than that you get the non-standard > modules that are > > installed with it). > > > > Not sure which way to advise you to go from > here.... > > > > Thanks for your attention. I appreciate it. I keep > feeling like I'm > 'this close' to fixing the problem and that my > difficulty is so > fundamental/simple/ignorant that Python folks can't > see what I'm > asking. > > Let me try to ask this one more time. > > In Perl, users can install modules in their home > directories. The > make command changes by adding > PREFIX=$HOME/user_perl > > or some such thing and then when you want to run a > Perl program that > uses both modules from the /usr/lib/perl5 set and > the user's set, you > can add a use lib command in the Perl program so it > goes to look in > $HOME/user_perl when it can't find it in > /usr/lib/perl5. I think > there is also an environment way to set that path, > but I don't > generally do it. > > On This Debian system that has python installed (it > has versions 2.2, > 2.3, and 2.4), I want to take the same approach of > building Python > modules for beecrypt and rpm and installing them in > $HOME/packages and > then when I run the Python program, i want it to > behave like Perl and > get modules from either place. > > So far, I am able, I think, to force my beecrypt and > rpm to build > against the python2.4 that is installed on the > system. I can install > them in $HOME/packages/lib/python2.4. > > But I do not know the magical incantation that will > allow a python > 2.4 program to run and use modules stored in $HOME. > From my reading, > I though that if I did this: > > export > PYTHONPATH=$HOME/packages/lib/python2.4:$PYTHONPATH > > it would be sufficient. But it seems not to be > because a python2.4 > program that runs does not look for modules in > $HOME/packages/lib/python2.4. May be you need use PYTHONHOME ? If it's doesn't help you can try to run your program under strace, and see where python tried to open files. Valery > > I'm surprised this doesn't come up more often. In > Perl, it gets > discussed all the time. > > pj > > > -- > Paul E. Johnson > Professor, Political Science > 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 > University of Kansas > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
