Cleaning Python modules an have fresh start Mac OS X

Question

I am not a total newbie but I am trying to install modules for quite a long time and at this point i would like to have a fresh start and install python and all the modules I ne

Answer 1

• Is there a way to install all the modules in the correct place?

  Download and untar/gunzip/etc the module source (Most of the modules ares available in gzip form at http://pypi.python.org/pypi), then run configure with --prefix set to the same thing for every install:

      [ 11:06 jon@hozbox.com ~ ]$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
  

  /usr/local is usually the default, but it doesn't hurt to specify it and will ensure that every module you install will be placed in /usr/local/lib/python/...

• Is there a good step-by-step description on how installing modules works?

  The Python website has a great page called: Installing Python Modules

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http://pypi.python.org/pypi
http://docs.python.org/install/index.html