<p>The install instructions are:</p>

<pre><code>$ python setup.py build
$ sudo python setup.py install # or su first
</code></pre>

<p>This gives me an .egg file. How do I tell the install to dump the files as a normal, uncompressed library?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

From the
EasyInstall
doc, command line options:
--always-unzip, -Z
Don't install any packages as zip files, even if the packages are marked as safe for running as a zipfile.
Can you use
easyinstall
instead of calling setup.py ?
calling
```
easy_install -Z mysql_python
```
from the command prompt, finds the egg on the net and installs it.