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jacques
jacques

Reputation: 31

Python setup.py install uses wrong Python installation path

I'm on a bluehost-server which has a "rudimental" installation of python2.6. I installed python2.6 in my user-directory which works fine so far, but when I try to install python packages with "setup.py install", "easy_install" or "pip install" I get:
error: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib/python2.6/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
So, it tries to use the system-wide installation which does not have this Makefile. Also using the --prefix or --user argument doesn't help.

How can I tell pip or easy_install to use the python-installation in my user-directory?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 9613

Answers (2)

jacques
jacques

Reputation: 109

I just solved the problem by installing the needed packages manually, meaning copying the sourcefiles into my local python folder. Thanks for helping anyway.

Best Jacques

Upvotes: 0

AJ.
AJ.

Reputation: 28174

You need to execute setup.py by specifying which python interpreter on the command line, like this:

/path/to/python setup.py install

UPDATE:

The error message indicates that you don't have the python-dev package installed on your system.

Upvotes: 5

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