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I'd like to install python on a network drive to ease the job of keeping all users on the same version of python.

The 'readme' which accompanied the download from python.org suggests I must install onto the current boot disk for things to work.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might go about installing on a network drive (mounted over NFS)

user993269
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Configure, build and install Python with

./configure --prefix=/where/you/want/python
make
sudo make install

then tell all users to include /where/you/want/python/bin, or rather its local name on the NFS clients, to their PATH, OR make sure that /where/you/want/python is mounted at /usr/local on each host (union mounts are very useful for this).

Fred Foo
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  • Thanks. Union mounts seem a great solution but I am struggling with the syntax –  Oct 14 '11 at 14:49
  • Thanks.@larsmans mount -t nfs -o union 111.111.1.11:media/RT0/tools/SITE/software/OSX /user/local gives the following error mount_nfs: can't access media/RT0/tools/SITE/software/OSX: Permission denied –  Oct 14 '11 at 14:57
  • @user993269: sounds like you need to execute `mount` as root. – Fred Foo Oct 16 '11 at 09:37