Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.redatomik.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.031 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:: [': 0.03; 'yet.': 0.03; 'subject:file': 0.07; '(use': 0.09; 'here?': 0.09; 'packages.': 0.15; 'chris,': 0.16; "skip:' 60": 0.16; 'subject:home': 0.16; 'subject:install': 0.16; 'sudo': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'config': 0.18; 'script.': 0.18; 'subject:] ': 0.19; 'permission': 0.20; 'errors': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'testing': 0.25; 'install': 0.25; 'sense': 0.26; 'chris': 0.26; 'package.': 0.27; 'correct': 0.28; "skip:' 10": 0.28; 'regular': 0.29; 'subject:users': 0.29; 'sure,': 0.29; 'environment': 0.29; 'that.': 0.30; 'maybe': 0.33; 'instead,': 0.33; 'skip:/ 20': 0.33; 'file': 0.34; 'could': 0.35; 'dir': 0.35; 'exist': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'skip:p 20': 0.38; 'thank': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'mean': 0.38; 'data': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'system.': 0.39; 'subject:-': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'received:de': 0.40; 'from:no real name:2**0': 0.60; 'your': 0.60; 'skip:u 10': 0.61; 'header :Message-Id:1': 0.61; 'default': 0.61; 'different': 0.63; 'user,': 0.67; 'header:Reply-To:1': 0.67; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.71; 'answer.': 0.72; 'received:89': 0.80; 'received:89.146': 0.84; 'reply-to:addr:python.org': 0.84; 'glad': 0.87; 'received:185': 0.91 Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 20:33:56 +0200 From: To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: [setuptools] install data-file in users home-dir In-Reply-To: References: <3mSGXb0tfQzFpW3@dovecot04.posteo.de> Reply-To: python-list@python.org X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.23; i686-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 36 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1436553247 news.xs4all.nl 2961 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49038 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:93652 Hi Chris, thank you for your answer. On 2015-07-10 09:39 Chris Warrick wrote: > You should NEVER use sudo with pip. Instead, use virtualenvs as a > regular user, or create your own .deb packages. =20 I am not sure, but maybe this is an Ubuntu-specific "problem"? When I don't use sudo I got errors like this "PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/SQLAlchemy-1.0.6.dist-info" And it make sense for me. Don't tell me about deb-Packages! :D I am stuck with that currently. I would be glad to have a correct working whl-file for my local needs. After that - maybe! - I will start again with thinking about a deb. How can virtualenv help here? I need to install python-software/packages to the system and not to a different environment or sandbox. I never used virtualenv but as I understand it it is for testing purpose not for productive system. > And you should not create the files in your install script. Instead, > install them to a different data dir (somewhere in 'share/appname' =20 What do you mean with "data dir"? For a default config-file it could be /etc/appname/default.conf. But I have no rights for that. > should copy this file to user=E2=80=99s config directory (use pkg_resourc= es to > help you get it) if it does not exist yet. =20 I will look at this package.