Installing Python on Linux + Libraries- WITHOUT root access and in user defined dir

Isntructions to install python on linux without root access and in user defined dir.
Basically we confiugre and build python to a usr defined dir, make sure we install easy_isntall and use that to install rest of packages.

A. Install easy_install:

1. * Create a new dir (i.e. ~/PYTHON)
2. * Download zlib
3. * Compile zlib in shared mode:
4. ** > ./configure -s --prefix=~/PYTHON
5. ** > make
6. ** > make install
7. * Download Python 2.5
8. * Compile and install Python pointing to zlib and telling it where to install:
9. ** > ./configure --with-zlib=~/PYTHON/include --prefix=~/PYTHON
10. ** > make
11. ** > make install
12. * Edit your env var
13. ** PATH=~/PYTHON/bin:$PATH
14. ** export PYTHONHOME=~/PYTHON
15. ** export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONHOME:~/PYTHON/lib
16. ** export LDFLAGS="-L/anfs/bigdisc/jkt27/PYTHON/lib -L/usr/lib" (so configure can find .so/.o files)
    
17. ** export CPPFLAGS="-I/anfs/bigdisc/jkt27/PYTHON/include -I/usr/include" (so make/GCC can find header files)
    
18. ** alias python='~/PYTHON/bin/python'
19. * Download setuptools
20. * Install:
21. ** sh setuptools-0.6c9-py2.5.egg --prefix=~/PYTHON
    

B. Install packages

1. > easy_install networkx
2. Download numpy and install > python setup_all.py install
3. etc.