On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 4:44 AM Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > > On 2/22/2019 10:56 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 2:51 PM Frank Miles <pedicula...@mail.com> wrote: > > >> Question: how can I determine what has gone wrong? > > > > Hmm. I'd start with: > > > > $ which python3 > > $ dpkg -S `which python3` > > > > and from inside Python: > > >>> import sys; sys.path > > Adding ', sys.executable' is often handy and works on all systems with > python.
True. Though I also was curious as to the package it came from (dpkg -S will tell you "oh, that file was installed from package XYZ"), and the OP did state that it was a Debian system ergo dpkg-managed. But for general questions, absolutely, sys.executable is handy. > > >>> import enum; enum.__file__ > > I should remember to suggest this when an import runs but the imported > module does not work right. > It's most often helpful when you get someone trying out regular expressions by writing a test file called "re.py" or something. :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
