16 Aug
2022
16 Aug
'22
12:16 a.m.
Am 15.08.22 um 21:21 schrieb Fons Adriaensen:
I find the destination directory depending on who the
user pretends
to be a bit strange, but it works !
"pip install" as a normal user used to fail with an (apparently for most
users) incomprehensible error message about not being able to write to
the system-wide site-packages (doh!) and you needed the --user option to
install into ~/.local/lib. That changed a while ago, so it automatically
assumes --user, if not run as root and not told otherwise. I'm on the
fence about whether I agree with this change or not.
Unless there is a cleaner solution.
$ python setup.py build
$ sudo python setup.py install --skip-build
(not sure about the appropriate options for other build backends)
"install" implies build (and build_ext, if necessary) unless you tell it
otherwise, and that step creates the .egg-info dir.
Chris