pylab package dependencies

[Lou Pecora]

In article <mailman.654.1161110013.11739.python-list at python.org>,
 Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:

> Lou Pecora wrote:
> 
> > The only problem I'm having is getting ipython to run.  Not installed in 
> > /usr/local/bin (although all other IPython files look to be installed in 
> > /Library/Framewaorks/python..blah/site-packages).  I'm still searching 
> > the web sites for answers.
> 
> Create a file ~/.pydistutils.cfg with the following section (unindented):
> 
>    [install]
>    install-scripts=/usr/local/bin
> 
> Now install ipython again, and the ipython script should be installed to 
> /usr/local/bin/. You may need to be root to do so.
> 
> For more information on that configuration file:
> 
>    http://docs.python.org/inst/config-syntax.html

I assume you are telling me to install ipython from a tar distribution 
using setup etc.  I originally installed it from the SciPy Super Pack 
which apparently put in the site packages, but neglected the script in 
/usr/local/bin.  Sound right?

On the ipython web site for MacOS X it says to do the following after 
the install using python setup.py etc. in the extracted directories,

python setup.py install_scripts --install-dir=/usr/local/bin

Is that what you are suggesting with the pydistutils.cfg ?  

Sorry, if I'm dense on this, but I only partially grok the command line 
install. Thanks for any help.

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