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How do I change the environment variable PYTHONUSERBASE.

For example in Windows I want it to be:

c:\mysite

I tried this:

set PYTHONUSERBASE=c:\mysite

When I run python setup.py install --user

it still installs to the default location.

I am using Windows 7 with PowerShell.

More info here about how to use PYTHONUSERBASE. http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0370/

I noticed most people prefer virtualenv but Python 2.6 introduced this new method.

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Start -> Computer -> (Right Click) Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables

You might need to restart your active PowerShell session for the new environment variables to kick in.

To change it from within PowerShell try:

$env:PYTHONUSERBASE = "c:\mysite"

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I actually know that way. I want to change the PYTHONUSERBASE variable from WITHIN the command line specifically.
Try $env:PYTHONBASEUSER = "c:\mysite"
How should I check to see if it went into effect?
Get-ChildItem Env: to list all variables, $Env:PYTHONUSERBASE to print PYTHONUSERBASE variable. More about PowerShell environment variables can be found here technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff730964.aspx
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Here's the proper way to add/update user env vars via powershell if someone happens upon this thread:

$myDir = "C:\mysite"
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PYTHONUSERBASE", $myDir, "USER")
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