[yt-users] Installing YT to co-exist with existing Python packages

[Matthew Turk]

Hi Sam,

It shouldn't be a problem.  Just make sure you have the dependencies
satisfied, set up hdf5.cfg, freetype.cfg and png.cfg files in a
checkout of yt from hg, and install it as you would any other python
package with setup.py install, etc.  The reason we supply the install
script, with a full stack, is to ensure that it is installable
anywhere.

-Matt

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Sam Geen <samgeen at astro.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't know how widely this has been discussed (sorry if it has and I've
> just missed it), but how easy would it be to install YT such that it
> interacts with my existing Python packages? Is the easiest thing simply to
> re-install everything to the YT directory and re-update the PYTHONPATH
> environment variable for any packages not in the default Python path, or is
> there a better way to allow YT and my existing Python packages to co-exist
> without activating/deactivating YT?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sam
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