Re: Can't open preferences since 1a3cbe3c on an installed meld (local is fine)

[Scott Kostyshak <skostysh princeton edu>]

On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Kai Willadsen <kai willadsen gmail com> wrote:

> Yeah, somewhat. I've loaded an Ubuntu VM to check it out, but I'm pretty
> busy at the moment, so not sure when I'll get to a fix. The problem is a
> Ubuntu (and maybe Debian?) specific Python install, which by default only
> looks in /usr/lib/python2.7/SITE-
> packages/, but installs to /usr/lib/python2.7/DIST-
> packages/. Don't ask me. I have no words.

Strange.

> If you give it a prefix (e.g., /usr/local) then it will automatically swap
> out the site vs dist it seems, and the Python imports fine. However, we
> don't handle it well when our resources are installed under somewhere other
> than sys.prefix (a Meld problem, because we rely on distutils).
>
> Therefore, if you install to /usr, we can have our resources, and if you
> install to /usr/local we can access our packages.

Thanks for the explanation Kai. I really appreciate it.

Let me know if I can help with any testing if someone works on a fix.

Best,

Scott