Changeset e75e5136 for general/prog/python-modules.xml

Timestamp:

02/21/2012 11:01:36 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

3125144

Parents:

f0088d1

Message:

I forgot that IPython needs a prefix for the programs, unlike other setup.py packages.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@9488 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• general/prog/python-modules.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

general/prog/python-modules.xml

@@ -1370 +1370 @@
       <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>python setup.py install</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>python setup.py install --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>If you built this against <application>nose</application>, you can
@@ -1376 +1376 @@
       <command>iptest</command>. The tests test_startup_{,i}py (and perhaps others
       if you provided the optional dependencies) will fail.</para>
+
     </sect3>
 
@@ -1381 +1382 @@
       <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
-      <para><command>python setup.py install</command>: This command installs
-      the package.</para>
+      <para><command>python setup.py install --prefix=/usr</command>: This command
+      installs the package. The prefix ensures that the programs are located in
+      <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename> instead of
+      <filename class="directory">/usr/local/bin</filename>.</para>
 
     </sect3>