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Changed the table of per-platform default installation locations to be

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more consistent with the rest of the Python docs.
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Greg Ward 2000-04-12 01:42:19 +00:00
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@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ Python and extensions) that will be installed.
In the future, more directories will be added to handle Python scripts,
documentation, binary executables, and whatever else is needed to handle
the job of installing Python modules and applicatins.
the job of installing Python modules and applications.
\subsection{How installation works}
@ -266,26 +266,37 @@ the standard location for third-party Python modules. This location
varies by platform and by how you built/installed Python itself. On
Unix and Mac OS, it also depends on whether the module distribution
being installed is pure Python or contains extensions (``non-pure''):
\begin{tableiii}{lll}{textrm}%
{Platform}{Standard installation location}{Default value}
\lineiii{Unix (pure Python modules)}
{\file{\filevar{prefix}/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
{\file{/usr/local/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
\lineiii{Unix (non-pure distribution)}
{\file{\filevar{exec-prefix}/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
{\file{/usr/local/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
\lineiii{Windows}
{\filevar{prefix}}
{\file{C:\bslash{}Python}
\footnote{\file{C:\bslash{}Program Files\bslash{}Python}
under Python 1.6a1 and earlier}}
\lineiii{Mac~OS (pure Python modules)}
{\file{\filevar{prefix}}:Lib}
{\file{Python:Lib}\XXX{???}}
\lineiii{Mac~OS (non-pure distribution)}
{\file{\filevar{prefix}}:Mac:PlugIns}
{\file{Python:Mac:PlugIns}\XXX{???}}
\end{tableiii}
\begin{tableiv}{l|l|l|c}{textrm}%
{Platform}{Standard installation location}{Default value}{Notes}
\lineiv{Unix (pure)}
{\filenq{\var{prefix}/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
{\filenq{/usr/local/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
{}
\lineiv{Unix (non-pure)}
{\filenq{\var{exec-prefix}/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
{\filenq{/usr/local/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
{}
\lineiv{Windows}
{\filenq{\var{prefix}}}
{\filenq{C:\bslash{}Python}}
{(1)}
\lineiv{Mac~OS (pure)}
{\filenq{\var{prefix}:Lib}}
{\filenq{Python:Lib} \XXX{???}}
{}
\lineiv{Mac~OS (non-pure)}
{\var{prefix}:Mac:PlugIns}
{\filenq{Python:Mac:PlugIns}\XXX{???}}
{}
\end{tableiv}
\noindent Notes:
\begin{description}
\item[(1)] The default installation directory on Windows was
\file{C:\bslash{}Program Files\bslash{}Python} under Python 1.6a1,
1.5.2, and earlier.
\end{description}
\filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix} stand for the directories
that Python is installed to, and where it finds its libraries at
run-time. They are always the same under Windows and Mac~OS, and very