Re: Problems on Installing New Fipy

On Jul 16, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Zhiwen Liang wrote:

> Thank you very much for providing the information. I used the patch  
> and now I can install fipy. I think except for the bug in  
> setuptools, my biggest problem was I tried to install fipy in a  
> directory that setuptools does not like. Please see:
>
> http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#mac-os-x-user-installation
>
> However, if I install fipy in ~/Library/Python/2.3/site-packages/,  
> as required, I have problem with my other modules.

What problems? What other modules?

> I really hope that I can install fipy in the place I want.

Which is where?

For the record, we never install FiPy at all. We simply adjust our  
$PYTHONPATH to point to whichever copy we want to use. Installing is  
fine, and can simplify a few things, but it's not necessary.

Depending on exactly what you are trying to do, you might want to look  
into http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv

(I have not had good luck with virtual-python.py)

> So I wonder if there is a setup.py that does not use setuptools but  
> still can install the new fipy?

No, we will not be supporting two different setup.py systems. We  
certainly are interested, however, in correcting any problems.