install.py

#!/usr/bin/python
#    install.py
#    A part of the latex-access project at http://latex-access.sourceforge.net/
#    Author: Daniel Dalton <daniel.dalton10@gmail.com>
#    Copyright (C) 2012 Daniel Dalton/latex-access Contributors
#
#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
#    either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
#    See the GNU General Public License for more details.
#
#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, visit <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>

"""Latex-access installation script for unix based operating systems."""

from platform import python_version
import shutil, os, sys 

# Usage info 
usage="This script allows you to install latex-access.\n\nUsage:%s\nWhich installs to the default location, or:\n%s <dir to install latex-access to>" % (sys.argv[0], sys.argv[0])

pyver=python_version ()[:3] # the version of python 
print "Found python version %s" % (pyver)
outdir=("/usr/lib/python"+pyver+"/dist-packages/latex_access/", "/usr/lib/python"+pyver+"/site-packages/latex_access/")
failed=False

if len(sys.argv) == 2:
  if sys.argv[1] == '-h' or sys.argv[1] == '--help':
    print usage
    exit ()
  else:
    outdir = [sys.argv[1]]

for dirname in outdir:
  if os.path.exists (dirname):
    break
  if not os.path.exists (dirname):
    try:
      os.mkdir (dirname)
      print "Created directory, %s" % (dirname)
      break
    except:
      continue
if not os.path.exists (dirname):
  print "Couldn't create directory %s." % (dirname)
  print "Installation failed."
  exit (-1)
  
print "Installing to %s." % (dirname)
  
try:
  for filename in os.listdir("latex_access/"): # copy the files into our path
    try:
      if filename[-3:] == '.py' or filename[-6:] == '.table': # we only want to install .py and .table files
        try:
          shutil.copyfile (os.path.join("latex_access/",filename), os.path.join(dirname, filename))
          print "Copying %s" % (filename)
        except:
          failed=True 
          break
    except:
      continue 
except:
  print "Couldn't install latex-access to %s, perhaps you don't have permission?" % (dirname)
  exit (-1)
  
if failed:
  print "Couldn't copy files to %s, maybe you don't have permission" % (dirname)
  exit (-1)

print "Copied files to %s." % (dirname)