wenv init as non root user

[stuaxo]

If I install wenv as a user it installs to ./.local/bin/wenv:

$ pip3 install wenv
$ which wenv
/home/stu/.local/bin/wenv

However wenv init tries to install use the system directory, in this case it should run successfully, and probably setup in .local/share/wenv

[s-m-e]

Yes, indeed. For a user install, Python's sys.prefix still points to /usr (instead of ~/.local/. Some logic is needed to detect where and how the package is installed to avoid this.

[stuaxo]

I wonder what pip does to work out where to install things ?

[s-m-e]

There is a --user option for pip install. I'd bet it can be triggered through a configuration file or environment variable. What OS / distro are you running on?

[stuaxo]

Ubuntu, --user seems to be the default, though I'm at work so check try right now.

[s-m-e]

Ubuntu, --user seems to be the default [...]

Thanks, I have not seen this before. Will try in a VM.

In the meantime, I just pushed a possible fix to develop. You can try it by installing it from github: pip install -U git+https://github.com/pleiszenburg/wenv.git@develop

It should auto-detect a user installation and use site.USER_BASE instead of sys.prefix.

[stuaxo]

Cheers I'll give it a go later, and double check my assumptions.

[stuaxo]

Great, that works.

According to this bug - eight04/vpip#4

The rule is:

If the sys.prefix is not writeable and site.ENABLE_USER_SITE is set then try the directory --user would use.

The dest directory is described in PEP 0370

The destination directory is the same on mac and linux, I guess wenv is Windows a bit exotic, but you never know(?).

[s-m-e]

Implemented in v0.2.0, released.