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

[Andy Robinson]

2008/12/12 Paul Barrass <paul.barrass at safeonlinebilling.com>:

> 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.


Agreed.

For small documents, a "pure python" installation (just unzip our
archive, compile and put on the path) should work.  But the real issue
is whether you can compile C code, which varies from host to host.  If
you can't, you probably won't be able to use _rl_accel, or to use PIL
and will have trouble including images (except for JPEG) in your PDFs
as well.

If you are using WebFaction, you'll have no problem as they give you a
C compiler,  allow you to install just about anything, and are all
Python gurus.  And if you haven't chosen a host I would highly
recommend them to any Python developer.


- Andy