4.3 Alternate installation: Windows
Since Windows has no conception of a user's home directory, and since
the standard Python installation under Windows is simpler than that
under Unix, there's no point in having separate --prefix
and --home options. Just use the --prefix
option to specify a base directory, e.g.
python setup.py install --prefix="\Temp\Python"
to install modules to the \Temp directory on the current
drive.
The installation base is defined by the --prefix option;
the --exec-prefix option is not supported under Windows.
Files are installed as follows:
| Type of file |
Installation Directory |
Override option |
| pure module distribution |
prefix |
--install-purelib |
| non-pure module distribution |
prefix |
--install-platlib |
| scripts |
prefix\Scripts |
--install-scripts |
| data |
prefix\Data |
--install-data |
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