By default install bindings to QGIS directory -> no need to install as root.

wonder · wonder · commit 3a0c0bbe9442 · 2007-02-04T12:54:10.000Z
It's possible to override it with BINDINGS_GLOBAL_INSTALL set to TRUE, that will cause bindings to be installed to global python's site-packages dir. git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis@6516 c8812cc2-4d05-0410-92ff-de0c093fc19c
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,12 +25,18 @@ SET (PLUGINS_ALSO_BINARIES FALSE)
 
 
 # try to configure and build GRASS plugin by default
-SET (WITH_GRASS TRE CACHE BOOL "Determines whether GRASS plugin should be built")
+SET (WITH_GRASS TRUE CACHE BOOL "Determines whether GRASS plugin should be built")
 SET (GRASS_PREFIX "" CACHE PATH "Path to GRASS base directory")
 
 # try to configure and build python bindings by default
 SET (WITH_BINDINGS TRUE CACHE BOOL "Determines whether python bindings should be built")
 
+# By default bindings will be installed only to QGIS directory
+# Someone might want to install it to python site-packages directory
+# as otherwise user has to use PYTHONPATH environemnt variable to add
+# QGIS bindings to package search path
+SET (BINDINGS_GLOBAL_INSTALL FALSE CACHE BOOL "Install bindings to global python directory? (might need root)")
+
 
 #############################################################
 # check if lexer and parser are not missing
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT ${BINDINGS_GUI_LIB} PRE_LINK
                    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gui
                    DEPENDS ${BINDINGS_GUI_MAKEFILE})
 
+IF (BINDINGS_GLOBAL_INSTALL)
 
 # python's site-packages dir: bindings will be installed here
 IF (UNIX)
@@ -65,6 +66,12 @@ ENDIF (UNIX)
 
 EXEC_PROGRAM(${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ARGS -c "\"${CMD}\"" OUTPUT_VARIABLE SITE_PKG_PATH)
 
+ELSE (BINDINGS_GLOBAL_INSTALL)
+
+  SET (SITE_PKG_PATH ${QGIS_DATA_DIR}/python)
+  
+ENDIF (BINDINGS_GLOBAL_INSTALL)
+
+
 # Step 4: install built libs to python's site packages
 INSTALL(FILES __init__.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qgisconfig.py ${BINDINGS_LIBS} DESTINATION ${SITE_PKG_PATH}/qgis)
-
diff --git a/src/app/qgspythonutils.cpp b/src/app/qgspythonutils.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ void QgsPythonUtils::initPython(QgisInterface* interface)
   
   // import sys module
   runString("import sys");
+  
+  // expect that bindings are installed locally, so add the path to modules
+  QString pythonPath = QgsApplication::pkgDataPath() + "/python";
+  runString("sys.path.insert(0, \"" + pythonPath + "\")");
 
   // import SIP
   if (!runString("from sip import wrapinstance, unwrapinstance"))
