pip install customized include path

Question

I\'m trying to install a library pyleargist. It requires another lib libfftw3 to be manually installed which I\'ve installed. Since I don\'t have the r

Answer 1

This was a helpful thread. Just to add on to this, you can also use pip without root if you pass the --user flag at the end:

pip install --global-option="-I/home/users/abc/include/" mpi4py --user

For example, if you're using python-v2.7, the above command installs the python package to /home/username/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages