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diff --git a/Doc/inst/inst.tex b/Doc/inst/inst.tex index 77541e3..673d48d 100644 --- a/Doc/inst/inst.tex +++ b/Doc/inst/inst.tex @@ -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 |