I want to modify a linux shell script used to install a python module (setup.sh) to add the folder the an environment variable. This is needed so I can run the python module from a terminal. e.g. python -m newtool.py
After some reading the method I implemented is in the setup.sh file to call a python script (addmoduletopath.py) and append the new python module folder to the PYTHONPATH env variable (using sys.path.append).
This appears to add the python module to the PYTHONPATH env variable. After setup when I run "python -m newtool.py" python finds the module path. However when i run the same command with sudo (i.e. sudo python -m newtool.py) I get the message "no module named newtool"
Any ideas?
Btw. Here is my addmoduletopath.py script:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
newtool="/opt/newtool"
if (newtool not in sys.path):
sys.path.append(newtool)
