setup.py --root and --user options interfer with debian wanting a dist-packages, 
not site-packages installation for python modules
--- a/recollinstall.in
+++ b/recollinstall.in
@@ -139,5 +139,4 @@
     ${datadir}/recoll/translations/recoll_zh.qm || exit 1
 
 
-@NOPYTHON@(cd python/recoll;python setup.py install \
-    --prefix=${REALPREFIX} ${ROOTFORPYTHON})
+#@NOPYTHON@(cd python/recoll;python setup.py install \
+#    --prefix=${REALPREFIX} ${ROOTFORPYTHON})