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Re: Is it that easy to install Python ?

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From Matthew Lefavor <mclefavor@gmail.com>
Date 2013-07-25 12:15 -0400
Subject Re: Is it that easy to install Python ?
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:11 AM, <santiago.diez@caoba.fr> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I never write any Python program but as a system administrator, I'm often
> asked to install python on Debian servers.
>
> I just finished downloading, configuring, making and installing.
>
> The binary is now installed in :
> /usr/local/Python-2.7.5/bin/python2.7
> (the path is a deliberate administrator choice).
>
> Is that it?
>
> What else will my users need?
>
They may need permission to install third-party modules themselves. That
would probably require write permissions to /usr/local/Python-2.7.5/lib. If
you are unwilling to grant those permissions, you can suggest that they
learn how to work with "virtualenvs" (http://www.virtualenv.org/en/latest/),
which would allow them to install third-party modules locally.

And, of course, they need to be saavy enough to put the new python
installation on the PATH.

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Is it that easy to install Python ? santiago.diez@caoba.fr - 2013-07-25 08:11 -0700
  Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Maarten <maarten.sneep@knmi.nl> - 2013-07-25 09:13 -0700
  Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Matthew Lefavor <mclefavor@gmail.com> - 2013-07-25 12:15 -0400
  Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2013-07-25 18:36 +0200
    Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-26 02:44 +1000
  Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-07-25 18:32 +0000
  Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? wizzofozz <oscxxxxxxxaas@gmail.com> - 2013-07-28 00:05 +0200
    Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? santiago.diez@caoba.fr - 2013-07-31 03:08 -0700
      Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-31 10:44 -0600
      Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-31 10:49 -0600

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