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@@ -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