Quality control framework/Installation

As root

To install traditionally to the Python library directory on your system:

# python setup.py install

Rootless Environment

To install in a rootless environment, you can create your own personal "system root". A sysroot at a minimum contains a bin/ and lib/ directory, so you may use your $HOME directory for this (and it will be used in this example.) To setup a root in your home:

$ export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$HOME
$ export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
$ python setup.py install --prefix=$HOME

You may also add the export lines to your ~/.bashrc so that it is automatically set when you enter your shell.

Python egg

You may also create a Python egg. If you don't know what this is, you don't need to know.

$ python setup.py bdist_egg