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Re: entry-point script and private module install directory

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On 11/05/16 18:55, Piotr Ożarowski wrote:
> [Ghislain Vaillant, 2016-05-11]
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have a package (pyfr), which is meant to be used as a command-line
>> application only.
>>
>> The main script (pyfr) is installed via setuptools'
>> entry_points['console_scripts'], which generates the entry-point
>> automatically and places it under /usr/bin. However, when I install the
>> implementation module in a private location, such as /usr/share/pyfr,
>> the entry-point cannot find the module and load the application.
>>
>> Right now, the module is installed in the dist-packages location,
>> although it is not intended to be public. It was just the easiest
>> solution to start with at the time.
>>
>> What is the standard way to circumvent this? Do other packages use custom
>
> you can create a wrapper or patch /usr/bin script to
> sys.path.append('/usr/share/pyfr') but the easiest solution is to
> install the script to /usr/share/pyfr/ (if the module is "pyfr" as well,
> simply rename the script to "run" or any other name) and then symlink it
> to /usr/bin/pyfr)
>
>    override_dh_auto_install:
> 	dh_auto_install -- --install-lib=/usr/share/pyfr/
> 	mv debian/pyfr/usr/bin/pyfr debian/pyfr/usr/share/pyfr/run
>
> and add "/usr/share/pyfr/run /usr/bin/pyfr" to debian/pyfr.links

Thanks Piotr, that's the solution I have been looking for.

Ghis

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entry-point script and private module install directory Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> - 2016-05-11 18:10 +0200
  Re: entry-point script and private module install directory Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> - 2016-05-11 20:00 +0200
    Re: entry-point script and private module install directory Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> - 2016-05-11 20:20 +0200
    Re: entry-point script and private module install directory Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 10:30 +0200
      Bug in pybuild's handling of --install-lib? [Was: Re: entry-point  script and private module install directory] Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 13:30 +0200
        Re: Bug in pybuild's handling of --install-lib? [Was: Re:  entry-point script and private module install directory] Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> - 2016-05-12 14:20 +0200
          Re: Bug in pybuild's handling of --install-lib? [Was: Re: entry-point  script and private module install directory] Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 15:00 +0200

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