Installing Setuptools with root - Getting a PythonPath error

Question

I already did the virtual python enviroment. When I'm trying to install setuptools I get the following:

 python setup.py install --prefix=/home/dgomez/

Error:

TEST FAILED: /home/dgomez//lib/python2.7/site-packages/ does NOT support .pth files
error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH

You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not
on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from.  The
installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:

        /home/dgomez//lib/python2.7/site-packages/

and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:

    ''

When I check the system path, I received the following output:

>>> import sys
>>> import sys

/usr/lib/python27.zip
/usr/lib64/python2.7
/usr/lib64/python2.7/plat-linux2
/usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-tk
/usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-old
/usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages
/usr/local/lib64/python2.7/site-packages
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gst-0.10
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages

How can I fix this issue?

UPDATE

I fix this issue by edit the .bashrc and I add the following line:

PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:/home/dgomez/lib/python2.7/site-packages/"
export PYTHONPATH 

Answer 1

@amb1s1

Environment variables are shortcuts that your system uses to give many programs the ability to find certain shared resources easily. In the Linux environments, these variables are set up for you when you log in to your terminal.

You can solve this problem by typing this code in terminal

export PYTHONPATH="/home/dgomez/lib/python2.7/site-packages"

For permanent fix, you can add these environment variables to “.bashrc” or “.bash_profile“ by just adding the above code in it. Everytime you open a new terminal or login remotely to server, these files are executed & hence all environment variables are made available then and there.

Answer 2

Try putting /home/dgomez/lib/python2.7/site-packages in your PYTHONPATH environment variable.