Comments on: How to install Python library on web hosting server? http://aglobalhost.info/2010/02/05/how-to-install-python-library-on-web-hosting-server/ Just another Aglobalhost.info weblog Wed, 26 May 2010 17:53:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fudge http://aglobalhost.info/2010/02/05/how-to-install-python-library-on-web-hosting-server/comment-page-1/#comment-477 Fudge Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:41:39 +0000 http://aglobalhost.info/2010/02/05/how-to-install-python-library-on-web-hosting-server/#comment-477 Please talk to the Web host administrator to set up the Python interpreter for u :) Please talk to the Web host administrator to set up the Python interpreter for u :)

]]> By: rich http://aglobalhost.info/2010/02/05/how-to-install-python-library-on-web-hosting-server/comment-page-1/#comment-478 rich Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:41:39 +0000 http://aglobalhost.info/2010/02/05/how-to-install-python-library-on-web-hosting-server/#comment-478 So assumably you already have Python installed if you want to use a Python library. I've asked my provider (Webfaction) in the past to install a Python library and they responded to just install it myself locally. I think they are worried about introducing libraries with security flaws. Is your Python library pure python? Then it is very to install because you just copy the files to your local server. If it has a C backing then you will need gcc to compile. If you install the library in the folder where you import it then there's nothing more to do. Or if you install it elsewhere you need to add that folder to your Python path. So assumably you already have Python installed if you want to use a Python library.
I’ve asked my provider (Webfaction) in the past to install a Python library and they responded to just install it myself locally.
I think they are worried about introducing libraries with security flaws.

Is your Python library pure python? Then it is very to install because you just copy the files to your local server. If it has a C backing then you will need gcc to compile.

If you install the library in the folder where you import it then there’s nothing more to do. Or if you install it elsewhere you need to add that folder to your Python path.

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