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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+################################################################################
+# Description
+################################################################################
+
+# This script installes (or re-installs) the unit_trace Python module, so that 
+# the unit_trace library can be imported with `import unit_trace` by a Python 
+# script, from anywhere on the system.
+
+# The installation merely consists of copying the unit_trace directory to
+# the default site_packages directory (which is the appropriate place to
+# install Python packages).
+
+# We do not use the Distutils system, provided by Python, because that
+# is less convenient :-)
+
+
+################################################################################
+# Imports
+################################################################################
+
+import sys
+import shutil
+import os
+
+
+################################################################################
+# Do the install
+################################################################################
+
+# Determine destination directory for unit_trace module
+dst = os.path.join(sys.prefix,'lib/python2.6/site-packages/unit_trace')
+
+try:
+    # If the destination exists
+    if os.path.exists(dst):
+        # Delete it
+        shutil.rmtree(dst)
+    # Copy source to destination
+    shutil.copytree('unit_trace', dst)
+except:
+    print("Error occurred. Make sure you run the script as root/with sudo.")
+    exit()
+
+
+