[Python] Installing ta-lib into specific directory in WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux):

I have a windows installation and plan to run GPU-accelerated code with RAPIDS 24.12, enabling me to handle dataframes with dask-cudf. RAPIDS Installation with Conda successful, test code works as it should.

Now I would like to install a specific python library: ta-lib, to the venv.

Procedure: (and no, I can’t use pip or conda because, loads of reasons and my grampa has a toothache… I have to build it from source. Moving on...

Prep: create venv with : python3 -m venv <myenvpath> as usual

1. 
   login to venv: Correct syntax to activate venv in ubuntu shell:
   <<<< source ~/miniforge3/envs/rapids-24.12/bin/activate >>>>>>>>>
   
   
2. 
   Download the library at: https://github.com/TA-Lib/ta-lib/archive/refs/tags/v0.6.4.tar.gz
   
   
3. 
   Gently place the library in /home/<username>/miniforge3/envs/rapids-24.12. If it squeaks, slap it and do it again.
   
   
4. 
   extract the tarball
   
   tar -xzf ta-lib-0.6.4-src.tar.gz
   
   
5. 
   cd to the resulting dir
   
   cd ta-lib-0.6.4
   
   
6. 
   run install script:
   

Now, first:

`./configure
make
sudo make install`


.....will install the library to a default directory, and not the dir where my venv is housed. I tried that: ta-lib doesn't show up when i run pip list

Also tried installing ta-lib into other dir than usr/local:

cd to: cd ~/miniforge3/envs/rapids-24.12/ta-lib-0.6.4

then run:

./configure --prefix=/home/<username>/miniforge3/envs/rapids-24.12
make
sudo make install


This makes the installation proceed normally and everything works, as far as I can see from shell output, but when I run pip list, ta-lib is nowhere to be seen.

All of this SUDO wrestling has made me tired and SUDO is winning? I’m all out of ideas. How do I proceeed with this?

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