[Numpy-discussion] installation under other than .../site-packages

[Travis Oliphant]

Jose Borreguero wrote:

> My system administrator has told me numpy has to be installed under 
> /local , instead of under /usr/lib/pythonx.x/site-packages. Can 
> anybody point to me what modifications do I have to make for this. ? 
> Also, will other libraries that call numpy work after I install ?
> jose
>
As long as you change the sys.path list and insert the location where 
numpy is installed, it should work and other packages should find it.   
I think modification of the PYTHONPATH environment variable will do this 
for all scripts as well.

-Travis