diff -uNr blogtk-2.0-original/share/blogtk2/lib/blogtk2/__init__.py blogtk-2.0/share/blogtk2/lib/blogtk2/__init__.py
--- blogtk-2.0-original/share/blogtk2/lib/blogtk2/__init__.py	2009-11-19 18:20:31.000000000 -0500
+++ blogtk-2.0/share/blogtk2/lib/blogtk2/__init__.py	2010-12-18 14:42:41.852995437 -0500
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 from os.path import abspath, dirname, join, pardir
+import sys
 
 # here we define the path constants so that other modules can use it.
 # this allows us to get access to the shared files without having to
 # know the actual location, we just use the location of the current
 # file and use paths relative to that.
-SHARED_FILES = abspath(join(dirname(__file__), pardir, pardir))
+SHARED_FILES = abspath(join(sys.prefix, 'share', 'blogtk2'))
 LOCALE_PATH = join(SHARED_FILES, 'i18n')
 RESOURCE_PATH = join(SHARED_FILES, 'res')