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| author | Julien Palard <julien@palard.fr> | 2023-03-15 15:10:03 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-03-15 15:10:03 (GMT) |
| commit | 61b9ff35cbda0cc59816951a17de073968fc25c6 (patch) | |
| tree | 50772e4807d00fd09a471769a747c47589a2fae4 /Doc/using | |
| parent | afa6092ee4260bacf7bc11905466e4c3f8556cbb (diff) | |
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gh-101100: Documenting --prefix and --exec-prefix. (GH-102695)
Co-authored-by: Erlend E. Aasland <erlend.aasland@protonmail.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/using/configure.rst | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/using/unix.rst | 2 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/using/configure.rst b/Doc/using/configure.rst index 8936bd3..ce858ab 100644 --- a/Doc/using/configure.rst +++ b/Doc/using/configure.rst @@ -216,6 +216,22 @@ WebAssembly Options Install Options --------------- +.. cmdoption:: --prefix=PREFIX + + Install architecture-independent files in PREFIX. On Unix, it + defaults to :file:`/usr/local`. + + This value can be retrived at runtime using :data:`sys.prefix`. + + As an example, one can use ``--prefix="$HOME/.local/"`` to install + a Python in its home directory. + +.. cmdoption:: --exec-prefix=EPREFIX + + Install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX, defaults to :option:`--prefix`. + + This value can be retrived at runtime using :data:`sys.exec_prefix`. + .. cmdoption:: --disable-test-modules Don't build nor install test modules, like the :mod:`test` package or the diff --git a/Doc/using/unix.rst b/Doc/using/unix.rst index 24c02c9..067ff4cc 100644 --- a/Doc/using/unix.rst +++ b/Doc/using/unix.rst @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Python-related paths and files ============================== These are subject to difference depending on local installation conventions; -:envvar:`prefix` (``${prefix}``) and :envvar:`exec_prefix` (``${exec_prefix}``) +:option:`prefix <--prefix>` and :option:`exec_prefix <--exec-prefix>` are installation-dependent and should be interpreted as for GNU software; they may be the same. |