[BangPypers] virtual-python & easy_install doubt

[Ashutosh Narayan]

Yes, virtualenv is an extension of virtual-python. I can try that as well.
But again my concern is why easy_install is not picking up the virtual
environment that I have set to. Any pointers ?

Thank you,

- Ashutosh

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Pratap Chakravarthy <prataprc at gmail.com>wrote:

> Can you try virtualenv ? You can download the virtualenv package and
> use `virtualenv` command like,
>
> > virtualenv --no-site-packages pluggd-env
>
> Of course you can replace `pluggd-env` with directory name that should
> contain your virtual python environment.
>
> After setting up the virtual environment, you can activate the virtual
> environment for you shell like,
>
> > source pluggd-env/bin/activate
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Ashutosh Narayan
> <aashutoshnarayan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am facing some issues w.r.t easy_install when I want to use
> > virtual-python environment.
> > I followed below mentioned link to set up virtual-python :
> >
> >
> http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#creating-a-virtual-python
> >
> > OS: SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
> > Python version: 2.6
> >
> > I edited PYTHONPATH to something like this :
> >
> > *>cat /etc/bash.bashrc.local *
> >
> > export PYTHONPATH=.:/home/ashutoshn/lib/:$PYTHONPATH
> > export PATH=.:~/bin:/opt/local/bin:$PATH
> >
> > Then I install setuptools by executing :
> >
> > *> sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg -d /home/ashutoshn/lib/*
> >
> > The system now uses easy_install of the virtual-python environment.
> >
> > *> which easy_install*
> >
> > /home/ashutoshn/lib/easy_install
> >
> > *>easy_install Pygments* *-d
> /home/ashutoshn/lib/python2.6/site-packages/*
> >
> > I get the following error message :
> >
> > *error: can't create or remove files in install directory
> >
> > The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
> > installation directory:
> >
> >    [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> > '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/test-easy-install-27311.pth'
> >
> > The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
> > the distutils default setting) was:
> >
> >    /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/
> >
> > This directory does not currently exist.  Please create it and try
> again, or
> > choose a different installation directory (using the -d or --install-dir
> > option)*.
> >
> > So, how does Python keep track of what directories are / are not enabled
> > for *.pth* processing ?
> >
> > easy_install doesn't seem to work for me. Any suggestions / inputs ?
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> > --
> > Ashutosh Narayan
> >
> > http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com
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