help installing in non standard directory

[mf625]

Hi,

I try to install gnome-sudoku on a slackware 10.1 box, with gnome 10.0. I spent a lot of time compiling the zillions  necessary python bindings (Gtk, gnome,  gnome extras, orbit, gnome-abcxyzetc.), but still it does not work. My python is installed in $HOME/sw/python. "python setup.py build" is ok now, but "python setup.py install" fails with this error:

creating /usr/local/lib/python2.4
error: could not create '/usr/local/lib/python2.4': Permission denied

Other python packages I installed managed to detect where is my python distribution and properly choosed the correct directory. In the INSTALL file you say "You can use --prefix to change the base of your installation (the default will be /usr/local/)" but I confess I do not know how to use this option. Pls help!

[tom]

python setup.py install --prefix=/foo/

[mf625]

Thanks, "python setup.py install --prefix=/home/user/software/games/gnome-sudoku-0.2.1" installs indeed in the required directory.

I start the game and get this:

$ pwd
/home/user/software/games/gnome-sudoku-0.2.1/bin

$ ./gnome-sudoku
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./gnome-sudoku.bak", line 11, in ?
    from gnome_sudoku.gnome_sudoku import start_game
ImportError: No module named gnome_sudoku.gnome_sudoku

$ cat gnome-sudoku.bak
#!/home/user/software/bin/python
# Copyright (c) 2005 Tom Hinkle You may use and distribute this
# software under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version
# 2 or later

import sys

sys.path.append('/usr/share/')

from gnome_sudoku.gnome_sudoku import start_game
start_game()

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After changing the line "sys.path.append('/usr/share/')" to
sys.path.append('/home/user/software/games/gnome-sudoku-0.2.1/lib/python2.4/site-packages/')

I get the following (syntax?) error:

user@pepper:~/software/games/gnome-sudoku-0.2.1/bin]
$ ./gnome-sudoku
starting timer
Default to  8 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 3 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 6 0 9 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 2 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 9
Strange
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./gnome-sudoku", line 12, in ?
    start_game()
  File "/home/user/software/games/gnome-sudoku-0.2.1/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnome_sudoku/gnome_sudoku.py", line 792, in start_game
    u = UI()
  File "/home/user/software/games/gnome-sudoku-0.2.1/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnome_sudoku/gnome_sudoku.py", line 340, in __init__
    9)
  File "/home/user/software/games/gnome-sudoku-0.2.1/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnome_sudoku/gsudoku.py", line 303, in change_grid
    self.setup_grid(grid,group_size)
  File "/home/user/software/games/gnome-sudoku-0.2.1/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnome_sudoku/gsudoku.py", line 339, in setup_grid
    if val: self.add(x,y,val)
  File "/home/user/software/games/gnome-sudoku-0.2.1/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnome_sudoku/gsudoku.py", line 389, in add
    self.grid.add(x,y,val,True)
  File "/home/user/software/games/gnome-sudoku-0.2.1/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnome_sudoku/sudoku.py", line 515, in add
    SudokuGrid.add(self,x,y,val,*args,**kwargs)
  File "/home/user/software/games/gnome-sudoku-0.2.1/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnome_sudoku/sudoku.py", line 125, in add
    if val in self.rows[y]:
TypeError: unhashable type

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Any ideas? Thanks!