[reportlab-users] Can I install reportlab toolkit on shared hosting??

[Paul Barrass]

Mark Willard wrote:

>  

> Since I am on shared hosting on Unix OS, i am wondering if I can put 

> those files in my hosting space? Help!.

Hi,

Short answer is 'yes', longer answer is 'maybe'....

You should certainly be able to place the files in the shared space you 
have - but it might not do you much good, if the host doesn't have the 
right support in place, and/or your host doesn't allow you to install 
extra software.  The best thing to do is check with your host, they may 
already have it installed or be willing to install it as a shared 
resource - if they're not, but will allow you to install it locally, 
you'll need to make sure they have Python and PIL installed (not sure 
what other dependencies there are).

I assume the setup.py has options for where to install, so you can 
configure it to install to your ~/usr or wherever, if not - I'm fairly 
sure it will work if you just copy the files to somewhere Python can 
find them (either from the tarball or from an installed copy on your 
dev/local server).

You may have problems with compiling _rl_accell, as I think compilers 
are often removed from live-on-the-web hosts as a security precaution, 
though again compiling locally and copying should be fine if you have a 
compatible compiler.

Paul Barrass.