apache user can not write to .python-eggs

Question

I have read that I need to set the PYTHON_EGG_CACHE environment variable, or install the python library as an uncompressed .egg

Which do you suggest?

Answer 1

I got it working by uncompressing the .egg so it did not require the cache directory:

Install MySQLdb (for python) as non-compressed egg

Answer 2

It totally depends on if you want to make the egg available as a generally available library or just for a single (or a handful of applications). Are you talking about a Trac installation? If so, there are also a handful of alternatives to make the egg available per instance:

http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracPlugins

Answer 3

If you are talking about Trac then the issue you are having is this one. It should be solved in trac 0.11.1.