removing need to set PYTHONPATH in the shell

[James C. McPherson]

I've got xpra running on a development build of Solaris 11. Getting started
took a while because I forgot to set PYTHONPATH before invoking the xpra script.

To remove the need for this, I added the following lines to it:

-import sys
+import sys, os
+sys.path.insert(0,
+    os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../lib/python")))

Full patches for each invocation script are attached.

[James C. McPherson]

ahem ... that should by "../lib/python2.6" rather than "../lib/python". Unless you create a symlink during the installation process.

[Antoine Martin]

Sorry, but you should be installing Xpra system-wide, in which case it will be in your PYTHONPATH:

python make_constants_pxi.py wimpiggy/lowlevel/constants.txt wimpiggy/lowlevel/constants.pxi
CFLAGS=-O0 python setup.py install

If you chose not to do that, then obviously you will need to adjust PYTHONPATH to match your environment, changing the code is not an acceptable solution.

[James C. McPherson]

I note that sometimes on multiuser machines where you do not have root access, you do need to make that change, or write a wrapper script which sets PYTHONPATH for you. *shrug* The patch was offered in the hope that it might help somebody who came across a similar issue.

[Antoine Martin]

r495 adds an INSTALL file with (hopefully) clearer information.

[migration script]

this ticket has been moved to: ​https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/issues/79