On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 3:09:37 am Mark Stanton wrote: > (I think I've remembered what that other package is, btw, pySQLite3?) > > It seems like you're saying that Python has a list of packages it > knows about, and won't necessarily go out to the operating system to > look for them?
The packages I am talking about are Python modules(program files) that either are found on their own or grouped into packages, see here for better description: (http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html#packages The issue is, that they need to be compiled against a particular version of Python. When you use your distribution(Fedora) package management system it installs pre compiled versions against the version of Python that the package is meant for i.e python2.7-* for Python 2.7. When you download the source and run setup.py one of the steps is the source is compiled against the appropriate Python version. Some of the confusion is that in Linux packages has a more general meaning of any related group of software files installed via a package management system, for instance the various LibreOffice packages. These can be but are not necessarily Python files. > > Which problem will be compounded in a VirtualEnv setup, because each > Python will need to be told about the relevant packages? Well the problem is you are running more than one version of Python and each version will need the packages installed for its own use if you want to use it for that version. In your case you used the Fedora package manager to download Python files, but they where installed for the default installation of 2.7. Since you want to run programs using 2.6, you will need to install the packages i.e pySQlite3 ,etc for 2.6 also. > > This starting to make sense (if I'm guessing correctly). > > Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/va.00000ad2.038f7...@vowleyfarm.co.uk -- Adrian Klaver adrian.kla...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/201104200637.00857.adrian.kla...@gmail.com
