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authorGreg Ward <gward@python.net>2000-04-12 14:20:15 (GMT)
committerGreg Ward <gward@python.net>2000-04-12 14:20:15 (GMT)
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Added note about usual default prefix under Linux (thanks to Peter Funk
for the idea).
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@@ -271,15 +271,15 @@ being installed is pure Python or contains extensions (``non-pure''):
\lineiv{Unix (pure)}
{\filenq{\var{prefix}/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
{\filenq{/usr/local/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
- {}
+ {(1)}
\lineiv{Unix (non-pure)}
{\filenq{\var{exec-prefix}/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
{\filenq{/usr/local/lib/python1.6/site-packages}}
- {}
+ {(1)}
\lineiv{Windows}
{\filenq{\var{prefix}}}
{\filenq{C:\bslash{}Python}}
- {(1)}
+ {(2)}
\lineiv{Mac~OS (pure)}
{\filenq{\var{prefix}:Lib}}
{\filenq{Python:Lib} \XXX{???}}
@@ -292,7 +292,12 @@ being installed is pure Python or contains extensions (``non-pure''):
\noindent Notes:
\begin{description}
-\item[(1)] The default installation directory on Windows was
+\item[(1)] Most Linux distributions include Python as a standard part of
+ the system, so \filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix} are usually
+ both \file{/usr} on Linux. If you build Python yourself on Linux (or
+ any Unix-like system), the default \filevar{prefix} and
+ \filevar{exec-prefix} are \file{/usr/local}.
+\item[(2)] 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}