[cclib-users] Installation of cclib 1.0 requires user intervention on Ubuntu 10.04

[Jim P. <jim...@gm...>]

This library looks to be very useful for me, and I'd like to thank the
developers.

I didn't see this in the archives and regret if it is a repeat of
another post, but the release version of cclib-1.0 will not install
correctly using the INSTALL notes on Ubuntu 10.04.  The user must
recursively change the permissions of the installed files.  Ideally,
the installer would do this and remove the group "staff" from the new
install.

My steps.
1.  Ensure python, python-dev, and numpy are installed per INSTALL directions
2.  as user,
$> python setup.py build
3.  change to root, and install
$> sudo su root
$> python setup.py install
Note: giving the command
$> sudo python setup.py install
will install to /usr/local/lib/pythonx.x/site-packages rather than
/usr/local/lib/pythonx.x/dist-packages.  The difference is that
dist-packages is loaded into PYTHONPATH by default in Ubuntu 10.04,
site-packages is not.

--Additional steps required beyond INSTALL directions.
4. Fix permissions
$> cd /usr/local/lib/pythonx.x/
$> sudo chmod --recursive 755 *  (not best, but if you want you can
change the *.py files to 644)
5. Remove "staff" group
$> sudo chgrp --recursive root *

HTH some other new user.

Cheers,
--Jim