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| author | Olivier Tilloy <olivier@tilloy.net> | 2010-03-18 17:45:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Olivier Tilloy <olivier@tilloy.net> | 2010-03-18 17:45:13 +0100 |
| commit | 474e4afe97d6510a94c7bd0ed9ae4b6dda4efb60 (patch) | |
| tree | 628ead040138db4a6ffbcc9197650758844295d1 /doc | |
| parent | 98794df599a7ede7209bc5431d1c98d5ae2bcb07 (diff) | |
| download | pyexiv2-474e4afe97d6510a94c7bd0ed9ae4b6dda4efb60.tar.gz | |
Document the --user switch and the DESTDIR variable in the developers' documentation.
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diff --git a/doc/developers.rst b/doc/developers.rst index 8bf39bd..b6fe88b 100644 --- a/doc/developers.rst +++ b/doc/developers.rst @@ -68,8 +68,16 @@ the build directory:: osomon@granuja:~/dev/pyexiv2$ ls build/ exiv2wrapper.os exiv2wrapper_python.os libexiv2python.so -To install pyexiv2, just invoke ``scons install``. You will most likely need -administrative privileges to proceed. +To install pyexiv2 system-wide, just invoke ``scons install``. +You will most likely need administrative privileges to proceed. +The ``--user`` switch will install pyexiv2 in the current +`user site directory <http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0370/>`_ +(Python ≥ 2.6 is required). + +Note to packagers: +if `DESTDIR <http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html>`_ is +specified on the command line when invoking ``scons install``, its value will be +prepended to each installed target file. Documentation ############# |