问题
I work on two servers, and on one server .pydistutils.cfg looks like:
install_scripts=~/opt_old/bin
install_data=~/opt_old/share
install_lib=~/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages
I think, this creates problems with using pip and linking libraries on local versions of python.
On the second server, the file is non existent, and I don't have any issues.
Why do we need this file and why is PYTHONPATH not sufficient?
I installed a local version of Python and renamed the file .pydistutils.cfg. Hence, it seems that the file is not that important.
回答1:
A pretty good write-up is here:
http://bouktin.blogspot.com/2012/04/configure-pydistutilscfg-python.html
I don't immediately see a reason why an average developer should use it, it seems a bit kludgy to me, perhaps it makes sense if you make your own distro, target docker or similar distribution system or target an embedded system?
Here's a super-simple usage example:
https://github.com/amolenaar/gaphor/wiki/Custom-Python-Installation-Location
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25914145/whats-pydistutils-cfg-for