Re: [Ranger-users] ranger not usable in my environment anymore

[Roman Z.]

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:00:16AM +0530, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a rather unique "environment".  I carry around all my essential
> software in a single directory because I often have to work on strange
> machines where I don't want to/can't install stuff.
> 
> Till recently, ranger's "you dont have to install anything" used to
> work great for me.  I'd just set PYTHONPATH to the right place and off
> I'd go.
> 
> Now even the good old standby doesn't work, and this is apparently by design.
> 
> I'm not a python programmer, and I do not know how to "fake out" an
> install to get things working.
> 
> Can someone help me?  If my use case is not clear I'd be glad to
> explain in more detail.  Just don't tell me to "install it".  That is
> not an option, and honestly, in a standalone program like this with
> its own libraries, as long as the requisite ncurses etc are present,
> it *ought* to be able to work in standalone "do not touch the rest of
> the system dammit" mode.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Sitaram
> 

Hmm, it should work as a standalone app, just by running ./ranger.py,
so, explain in detail please :)