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Asked: 2026-05-24T16:11:05+00:00

I’m trying to get a Python package to install to my home directory because

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I’m trying to get a Python package to install to my home directory because I don’t have the privileges to install it system-wide.

The package is PyProj, and I am trying to install it using python setup.py install --home=~ (with Python 2.4.3), as recommended in the Python documentation. The package compiles successfully and copies itself to what I assume are the correct directories (the directory ~/lib64/python/pyproj appears during install).

But, when I load Python up and type import pyproj, I’m told ImportError: No module named pyproj.

Any thoughts on what might be going on?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’ll need to set PYTHONPATH to tell Python where to locate your locally installed packages.

    For example:

    [you@home]$ export PYTHONPATH="~/lib64/python"

    Or, to do this within the interpreter (or script):

    import sys, os
sys.path.append(os.path.expanduser("~/lib64/python"))

    For more information on how Python locates installed modules, see section on The Module search Path in docs.

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