Installing Setuptools with root - Getting a PythonPath error
Question: I already did the virtual python enviroment. When I'm trying to install
setuptools I get the following:

    
    
     python setup.py install --prefix=/home/dgomez/
    

Error:

    
    
    TEST FAILED: /home/dgomez//lib/python2.7/site-packages/ does NOT support .pth files
    error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH
    
    You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not
    on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from.  The
    installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
    the distutils default setting) was:
    
            /home/dgomez//lib/python2.7/site-packages/
    
    and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:
    
        ''
    

When I check the system path, I received the following output:

    
    
    >>> import sys
    >>> import sys
    
    /usr/lib/python27.zip
    /usr/lib64/python2.7
    /usr/lib64/python2.7/plat-linux2
    /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-tk
    /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-old
    /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload
    /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages
    /usr/local/lib64/python2.7/site-packages
    /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
    /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gst-0.10
    /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0
    /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages
    

How can I fix this issue?

### UPDATE

I fix this issue by edit the .bashrc and I add the following line:

    
    
    PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:/home/dgomez/lib/python2.7/site-packages/"
    export PYTHONPATH 
    


Answer: Try putting /home/dgomez/lib/python2.7/site-packages in your PYTHONPATH
environment variable.

