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diff --git a/Doc/inst/inst.tex b/Doc/inst/inst.tex index 673d48d..1fe8f9d 100644 --- a/Doc/inst/inst.tex +++ b/Doc/inst/inst.tex @@ -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} |