Installing Python Modules
Release 3.1
Guido van RossumFred L. Drake, Jr., editor
June 26, 2009
Python Software Foundation
Email:
docs@python.org
CONTENTS
1.1 Best case: trivial installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2 The new standard: Distutils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1 Platform variations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.2 Splitting the job up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.3 How building works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.4 How installation works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1 Alternate installation: the home scheme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.2 Alternate installation: Unix (the prefix scheme). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3 Alternate installation: Windows (the prefix scheme). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.1 Modifying Python’s Search Path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.1 Location and names of config files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.2 Syntax of config files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6.1 Tweaking compiler/linker flags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.2 Using non-Microsoft compilers on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
B.1 Contributors to the Python Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
C.1 History of the software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29C.2 Terms and conditions for accessing or otherwise using Python. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30C.3 Licenses and Acknowledgements for Incorporated Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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