setup.py installation and module search path

[Russ]

Larry Bates wrote:

> I'm no expert, but I think what normally happens is the module gets
> installed into ../pythonxx/lib/site-packages/<module> and if it
> installs __init__.py file there they get automatically searched.
> At least that the way things work for me.

But if I don't have root priviledge, that doesn't happen. Is there a
setup.py option to get a
package installed just in my own account in such a way that my module
search path gets
updated?