--- spyderlib/spyder.py.orig 2011-09-05 18:29:00.000000000 -0500 +++ spyderlib/spyder.py 2011-09-08 08:36:55.000000000 -0500 @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ return osp.join(doc_path, python_chm[0]) else: vinf = sys.version_info - doc_path = '/usr/share/doc/python%d.%d/html' % (vinf[0], vinf[1]) + doc_path = '@@PREFIX@@/share/doc/python%d%d-doc' % (vinf[0], vinf[1]) python_doc = osp.join(doc_path, "index.html") if osp.isfile(python_doc): return python_doc