From 9982d79d74c20704cc987cd4ca63cb0934dfb8b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Broadway Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 09:02:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added reasoning behind the setup.py unexpected location check --- cython/README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/cython/README.md b/cython/README.md index a524ac04c..b9ce2f012 100644 --- a/cython/README.md +++ b/cython/README.md @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH: - To install system-wide: run `make install` then navigate to `GTSAM_CYTHON_INSTALL_PATH` and run `python setup.py install` - (the same command can be used to install into a virtual environment if it is active) - note: if you don't want gtsam to install to a system directory such as `/usr/local`, pass `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="./install"` to cmake to install gtsam to a subdirectory of the build directory. + - if you run `setup.py` from the build directory rather than the installation directory, the script will warn you with the message: `setup.py is being run from an unexpected location`. + Before `make install` is run, not all the components of the package have been copied across, so running `setup.py` from the build directory would result in an incomplete package. UNIT TESTS ==========