#! /usr/bin/env python import sys py_ver = "%i.%i" % tuple(sys.version_info[0:2]) print "Generating Makefile for python %s" % py_ver data = open("Makefile.in").read() data = data.replace("@@PY_VER@@", py_ver) data = data.replace("@@PREFIX@@", sys.prefix) open("Makefile", "w").write(data) print "Done.. Now run 'make install' as root"