setup.py when you can't write to site-packages?

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    andy> What's the best approach for situations when you can't tamper with
    andy> the Python install?

python setup.py install --prefix=/some/where/else

The arg to --prefix is analogous to /usr or /usr/local.  For example, if you
are running Python 2.4, your files will wind up in

    /some/where/else/lib/python2.4/site-packages

Just add that directory to PYTHONPATH and you should be good to go.

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