How to reset sys.exec_prefix?

[Bryan]

Somehow on my linux box I scrood things up and I lost my python path info.

If I check sys.exec_prefix or sys.prefix it shows '/usr/local/', where
it should show '/usr/'.

Is there a config file somewhere that I can change to fix this, or do I
need to do a rebuild/reinstall? Hope not.

Thanks,
B

[Bryan]

Bryan wrote:

Somehow on my linux box I scrood things up and I lost my python path info.

If I check sys.exec_prefix or sys.prefix it shows '/usr/local/', where
it should show '/usr/'.

Is there a config file somewhere that I can change to fix this, or do I
need to do a rebuild/reinstall? Hope not.

Thanks,
B

Actually to clarify a bit here's what I see:

>>sys.prefix

'/usr/local'

>>sys.path

['', '/usr/local/lib/python25.zip', '/usr/local/lib/python2.5',
'/usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2',
'/usr/local/lib/python2.5/lib-tk',
'/usr/local/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload',
'/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages',
'/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL']

I am thinking that the prefix is prepended to all the paths.

All my stuff lives in 'usr/lib/python2.5', so I was hoping by just
changing my prefix it would set the rest of the paths accordingly.

B

[Steve Holden]

Bryan wrote:

Bryan wrote:

>Somehow on my linux box I scrood things up and I lost my python path info.

If I check sys.exec_prefix or sys.prefix it shows '/usr/local/', where
it should show '/usr/'.

Is there a config file somewhere that I can change to fix this, or do I
need to do a rebuild/reinstall? Hope not.

Thanks,
B

Actually to clarify a bit here's what I see:

>>sys.prefix

'/usr/local'

>>sys.path

['', '/usr/local/lib/python25.zip', '/usr/local/lib/python2.5',
'/usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2',
'/usr/local/lib/python2.5/lib-tk',
'/usr/local/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload',
'/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages',
'/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL']

I am thinking that the prefix is prepended to all the paths.

All my stuff lives in 'usr/lib/python2.5', so I was hoping by just
changing my prefix it would set the rest of the paths accordingly.

It looks like you've installed a local copy. By default, I seem to
remember, Python installs with a prefix of /usr/local, so if you have
/usr/local/bin on your PATH variable you will pick up a local copy in
preference to the standard version installed with the OS.

Try running

/usr/bin/python

and see if that original one is still there (which it probably will be).
Id so, all you need to do is uninstall the local version and things will
magically return to normal.

regards
Steve
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