mkdir -p -m 0700 src
cd src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "gnome-python-extras-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xjvf ~/gnome-python-extras-2.12.1.tar.bz2
cd gnome-python-extras-2.12.1
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
make
su -c "make install"
cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/gnome-python-extras-*.tar.*
mv gnome-python-extras-2.12.1.tar.bz2 installed/
# If you ever want to uninstall gnome-python-extras, cd into the source
# directory, run 'make uninstall' (as root), remove the source directory,
# then remove the tarball.