[TIP] [venv] python2.5 and ssl in virtualenvs: chicken and egg

[J. Cliff Dyer]

On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 08:32 -0700, Chris Withers wrote:
> On 16/03/2013 08:29, J. Cliff Dyer wrote:
> > Hope one of them is helpful for you.
> 
> I think the solution I posted is the only one that will work; the 
> installed package cannot be inside site-packages, otherwise it will not 
> be available in a normally installed virtualenv.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Chris
> 

If you do setup.py install using the python from your virtual
environment, the package will be installed in your virtualenv, not in
site packages.