Re: [Pysparse-users] Pysparse installation problems

[Rob S. <rs...@MI...>]

>> 2. Pysparse won't install in a virtualenv. It tries to install files
>> in the include/ directory of your Python environment, but virtualenvs
>> don't have their own include directory. They just symlink to the
>> system-wide one.
>>
>> I don't know what the correct way to resolve this one is, because I've
>> never had to manage additional include files in a Python package.
>
> Rob,
>
> Thanks for the feedback. #1 has been on my list for a long time but
> never gets adressed because time is scarce. I really want to have a
> proper setup.py for Pysparse. I'm now getting better at writing them
> so maybe I can whip up something quick.
>
> Regarding #2, could you be more specific? In my experience,
> package-specific include files always go to the include/ directory of
> the local Python environment. However, you can normally install
> packages "locally" (e.g., in your home directory) instead of system
> wide, by using an option such as --prefix or --home with setup.py. I
> might have misunderstood your question...

Responding to this part now: does your local Python environment
actually have its own include/ directory? Because my virtualenv just
has a symbolic link to the Python global one. This means that
installing pysparse in a virtualenv requires permission to modify the
global Python include directory, and it does so.

-- Rob