3

I'm on a bluehost-server which has a "rudimental" installation of python2.6. I installed python2.6 in my user-directory which works fine so far, but when I try to install python packages with "setup.py install", "easy_install" or "pip install" I get:
error: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib/python2.6/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
So, it tries to use the system-wide installation which does not have this Makefile. Also using the --prefix or --user argument doesn't help.

How can I tell pip or easy_install to use the python-installation in my user-directory?

Improve this question

2 Answers 2

Reset to default
5

You need to execute setup.py by specifying which python interpreter on the command line, like this:

/path/to/python setup.py install

UPDATE:

The error message indicates that you don't have the python-dev package installed on your system.

Improve this answer
Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

I also tried that: /home/user/.local/bin/python2.6 setup.py install --user but still: running install error: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib/python2.6/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
@AJ Yes, it isn't installed, but I'm not able to install it because it's just an account on a server. I was told to install python locally to have a "full" python installation, but my local installation still seems to refer to the system-wide "incomplete" installation.
0

I just solved the problem by installing the needed packages manually, meaning copying the sourcefiles into my local python folder. Thanks for helping anyway.

Best Jacques

Improve this answer

Comments

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our privacy policy.

Start asking to get answers

Find the answer to your question by asking.

Ask question

Explore related questions

See similar questions with these tags.