On 5/11/07, Ronald Oussoren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 9 May, 2007, at 22:50, Nehemiah Dacres wrote: [snip] > >> import sys > >> print sys.path > > you shall get a list of paths, these are the paths to all the directories > (folders) that the python interpreter will look in for libraries.
Here's what I get from sys.path: >>> print sys.path ['', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/nose-0.9.0-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/configobj-4.3.2-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/cElementTree-1.0.5_20051216-py2.4-macosx-10.4-fat.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/PasteScript-0.9.7-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/elementtree-1.2.6-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/simplejson-1.3-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/SQLObject-0.7.1dev_r1860-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/CherryPy-2.2.1-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/TurboCheetah-0.9.5-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/TurboJson-0.9.9-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/PyProtocols-1.0a0-py2.4-macosx-10.4-fat.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/Cheetah-1.0-py2.4-macosx-10.4-fat.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/PasteDeploy-0.9.6-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/Paste-0.9.7-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/checkboxtable-0.80-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/Genshi-0.4-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/gsquickstart-1.0Beta2-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/registration-0.3-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/Trac-0.11dev_r5253-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/TurboGears-1.0.2.2-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/DecoratorTools-1.4-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/RuleDispatch-0.5a0.dev_r2306-py2.4-macosx-10.4-fat.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/FormEncode-0.7.1-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/TurboKid-1.0.1-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/kid-0.9.5-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.3.7-py2.4.egg', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/pysqlite-2.3.3-py2.4-macosx-10.3-fat.egg', '/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python24.zip', '/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4', '/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/plat-darwin', '/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/plat-mac', '/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages', '/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/lib-tk', '/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/lib-dynload', '/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages', '/Users/Chris/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/PIL'] >>> > > On 5/5/07, Chris Cioffi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I'm trying to get started with Python 2.5 on my Mac and for various > > reasons would like to use th Python from MacPorts. > > [http://www.macports.org/] > > > > I've installed Python 2.5 and when I start it up I get the following: > > > > """ > > Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix> > > Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>] > > Python 2.5 (r25:51908, May 4 2007, 19:57:54) > > [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin > > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > > >>> > > """ > > > > What happens when you temporarily remove .pydistutils.cfg? What is the > value of sys.executable (import sys;print sys.executable)? > > This looks like a broken installation. You may want to ask on the macports > list about this. Another alternative is trying to reinstall (port uninstall > python25; port install python25), as a bonus you'll get python 2.5.1 instead > of 2.5 ;-) > > As an aside: why do you want to use the MacPorts build of python instead of > the python.org one? This is just curiousity on my part, AFAIK both the > python.org build and the MacPorts one should work just fine. > > > > > > > The only change I have from the default system is I have > > .pydistutils.cfg with the following: > > """ > > [install] > > install_lib = > ~/Library/Python/$py_version_short/site-packages > > install_scripts = ~/Applications/bin > > install_data = ~/Library/Python/$py_version_short/share > > """ > > > > Does anyone have any idea on what I should set $PYTHONPATHHOME to? My > > ports install is the default location, /opt/local. > > > > You shouldn't have to set PYTHONHOME (sic) at all. > > Ronald > > > > > Any help would be very much appreciated! > > > > Chris > > -- > > "A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only > > a fool trusts either of them." -- P. J. O'Rourke > > _______________________________________________ > > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > > > > > > -- > > "lalalalala! it's not broken because I can use it" > > http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=194281&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=15927703 > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > > -- "A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them." -- P. J. 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