[Tutor] how to permanently add a module path

[shawn bright]

thanks, i usually intend to, getting used to gmail.
thanks for all the help, all working now.
shawn

On 12/22/06, Christopher Arndt <chris.arndt at web.de> wrote:
>
> shawn bright schrieb:
> > ok,
> > i am on ubuntu and there is no /etc/profile.d directory
> > i put this in the /etc/environment file
> >
> > PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pivotrac
> > export PYTHONPATH
> >
> > but it doesn't seem to be working.
> > There is no master python config file somewhere where all these are
> listed ?
> > i wonder becuase i add modules via apt, and they are put where they need
> > to be.
>
> Ok, I see, you're trying to add you module in the standard site modules
> path
> (/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages on Unices). This is an entirely
> different matter.
>
> You have two possibilities:
>
> 1) Turn your module directory into a paackage by adding a '__init__.py'
> file to
> it. This file may be empty. You can then iumport from your module like
> this:
>
> from pivotrac import mymodule
>
>
> For more information on Python module packages, see here:
>
>
> http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node8.html#SECTION008400000000000000000
>
> 2) You can add a .pth file to the site-packages directory that points to
> your
> module directory. E.g. ass a file pivotrac.pth to
> /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ that just contains one line:
>
> pivotrac
>
> For more information about .pth files, see here:
>
> http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-site.html
>
>
> With both methods you don't need to change PYTHONPATH at all.
>
>
> Chris
>
> P.S. Please don't answer privately to somebody writing on the list, unless
> asked to do so. Reply to the list instead.
>
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