Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-24 Thread Mark Stanton
Ok, an update. Resume - Dabo now imports. Longer version - I've used pip to install dabo into the virtual environment. This loads packages from PyPi, I noticed Dabo was there. This is not my preferred solution, for various reasons, but it will do for the moment. Perhaps I should just "get t

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-24 Thread Mark Stanton
> Probably not something you want to deal right now, but when you get a chance > take a look at the below, it makes working with virtualenvs a lot easier. > http://www.doughellmann.com/projects/virtualenvwrapper Yup, I downloaded that at the same time VirtualEnv. Damned if I can see where it i

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-23 Thread Werner F. Bruhin
On 04/23/2011 04:55 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote: ... >> Hhm, in Python 2.6 "import sqlite3" works just fine but in 2.7 I get an >> ImportError, so I guess it isn't always included out of the box. > I know from experience that if you build Python from source, you have to > specify > including the Sqlit

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-23 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Saturday, April 23, 2011 12:18:54 am Werner F. Bruhin wrote: > On 04/22/2011 11:24 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote: > > On Friday, April 22, 2011 1:58:51 pm Mark Stanton wrote: > >> Then again, I seem to have *another* issue because I'm using > >> VirtualEnv, so it seems I need to use pip. "Just type '

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-23 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Saturday, April 23, 2011 7:19:21 am Mark Stanton wrote: > > If you are talking about the below then we are dealing with the VirtEnv: > Yes. > > > The question is how did you get the VirtEnv set up? > > Followed the instructions on their web page, > pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv Probably not

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-23 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Saturday, April 23, 2011 7:19:21 am Mark Stanton wrote: > > Back to what I said earlier, packages has more than one meaning. When you > > are going through yum you are looking at the distribution > > packages(Fedora). When you are using pip you are fetching Python > > packages, they are not the

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-23 Thread Mark Stanton
> If you are talking about the below then we are dealing with the VirtEnv: Yes. > The question is how did you get the VirtEnv set up? Followed the instructions on their web page, pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv I can (just about) flip into it (tho' not sure about "out of it"). This is why I'v

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-23 Thread Mark Stanton
> Back to what I said earlier, packages has more than one meaning. When you are > going through yum you are looking at the distribution packages(Fedora). When > you > are using pip you are fetching Python packages, they are not the same thing, > though they may have similar names. Are you sur

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-23 Thread Werner F. Bruhin
On 04/22/2011 11:24 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote: > On Friday, April 22, 2011 1:58:51 pm Mark Stanton wrote: > > > >> Then again, I seem to have *another* issue because I'm using >> VirtualEnv, so it seems I need to use pip. "Just type 'pip install >> package-name'" it says. Well, that fails to find t

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-23 Thread Werner F. Bruhin
On 04/22/2011 10:58 PM, Mark Stanton wrote: > That looks fantastic Werner, thanks. It could well be the bit(s) > that I'm missing. > > I have looked at the Wiki before and hadn't found this article (nor > the one Sibylle mentioned (thanks). > > I'm trying to use the gui tools as much as I can. I

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-22 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Friday, April 22, 2011 1:58:51 pm Mark Stanton wrote: > > Then again, I seem to have *another* issue because I'm using > VirtualEnv, so it seems I need to use pip. "Just type 'pip install > package-name'" it says. Well, that fails to find these packages > either, even though they are at th

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-22 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Friday, April 22, 2011 1:58:51 pm Mark Stanton wrote: > > Can you post the actual error message here? > > It's the one I posted in response to Ed's first post in this thread. If you are talking about the below then we are dealing with the VirtEnv: DaboEnv)[Mark@localhost DaboEnv]$ python Pyth

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-22 Thread Mark Stanton
That looks fantastic Werner, thanks. It could well be the bit(s) that I'm missing. I have looked at the Wiki before and hadn't found this article (nor the one Sibylle mentioned (thanks). I'm trying to use the gui tools as much as I can. I just don't have the room in my head to remember all t

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-22 Thread Mark Stanton
> Can you post the actual error message here? It's the one I posted in response to Ed's first post in this thread. Mark ___ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archiv

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-22 Thread Werner F. Bruhin
Mark, I am considering to move from Win 7 to Ubuntu 10.10 for my dev machine and I did the following to get Dabo installed and running. Ubuntu has Py 2.6.6 installed, so I will put Dabo into that for the moment. http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.1/ sudo apt-get --yes install python-r

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-22 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Friday, April 22, 2011 3:41:22 am Mark Stanton wrote: > > Open a terminal (or cmd.exe in Windows) and simply type 'python' and > > press Enter. You will then be at an interactive prompt; you should > > be able to type 'import dabo' from there. > > Yup, I thought that. > It says "ImportError: No

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-22 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Friday, April 22, 2011 3:41:22 am Mark Stanton wrote: > > Open a terminal (or cmd.exe in Windows) and simply type 'python' and > > press Enter. You will then be at an interactive prompt; you should > > be able to type 'import dabo' from there. > > Yup, I thought that. > It says "ImportError: No

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-22 Thread Sibylle Koczian
Am 22.04.2011 12:41, schrieb Mark Stanton: >> Open a terminal (or cmd.exe in Windows) and simply type 'python' and >> press Enter. You will then be at an interactive prompt; you should >> be able to type 'import dabo' from there. > > Yup, I thought that. > It says "ImportError: No module named Dabo

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-22 Thread Mark Stanton
PS Just to be clear, I am trying to import "dabo" (not "Dabo") at the Python prompt, and it does say "ImportError: No module named dabo". Mark ___ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-22 Thread Mark Stanton
> Open a terminal (or cmd.exe in Windows) and simply type 'python' and > press Enter. You will then be at an interactive prompt; you should > be able to type 'import dabo' from there. Yup, I thought that. It says "ImportError: No module named Dabo". I've clearly missed out something basic and ob

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-21 Thread Ed Leafe
Open a terminal (or cmd.exe in Windows) and simply type 'python' and press Enter. You will then be at an interactive prompt; you should be able to type 'import dabo' from there. -- Ed Sent from my iPhone, so please excuse any top-posting. On Apr 21, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Mark Stanton wrote: >

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-21 Thread Mark Stanton
I've struggled to find out how to open Python in my development directory and import Dabo. I've found that I can tell Python to run a python file when it starts up by specifying a name with... Hmm, this is getting to be a nuisance being split between Windoze & Linux, I'm having to recall this

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-21 Thread Ed Leafe
On Apr 21, 2011, at 3:55 AM, Mark Stanton wrote: >> Well you should not need to install that as it is included in Python from >> version 2.5+ as sqlite3. If you feel the need for pysqlite the site is here: >> http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/PySqlite > > Thanks for that. > *I* don't want it at all.

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-21 Thread Mark Stanton
> But I thought you were running it in a 2.6 virtenv? I am. But as I said in the first message I tried it under the Fedora 14 default, 2.7, to see if it was loaded there, it doesn't appear to be. > Well you should not need to install that as it is included in Python from > version 2.5+ as sql

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-20 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 12:10:21 pm Mark Stanton wrote: > > 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. > > Ok, I think I understand this. > Unfortunately,

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-20 Thread Mark Stanton
> 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. Ok, I think I understand this. Unfortunately, neither 2.6 nor 2.7 seem to have these files available, if Dabo r

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-20 Thread Adrian Klaver
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 pac

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-20 Thread Mark Stanton
> Actually Adrian the PO's question is one that is often asked Ah, that'd be me :-) I may be an unusual case, but this is certainly the bit that is missing. I can find very little, anywhere, about setting up the basics, like loading libraries that are not in the 'current' directory. I've been

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-20 Thread Mark Stanton
(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? Which problem will be compounded in a VirtualEnv setup, because each Pytho

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-19 Thread John Fabiani
On Tuesday, April 19, 2011 04:02:09 pm Adrian Klaver wrote: > On Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:04:10 pm Mark Stanton wrote: > > > Depending on how you set up virtualenv it will either look in the > > > site-packages of python2.6 or in its own environment for the packages. > > > My guess is that they ar

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-19 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:04:10 pm Mark Stanton wrote: > > Depending on how you set up virtualenv it will either look in the > > site-packages of python2.6 or in its own environment for the packages. > > My guess is that they are installed in python2.7 but not 2.6. > > Yup, that sounds reasonab

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-19 Thread Mark Stanton
> Depending on how you set up virtualenv it will either look in the > site-packages of python2.6 or in its own environment for the packages. > My guess is that they are installed in python2.7 but not 2.6. Yup, that sounds reasonable. I did install this environment as 2.6 because I understand D

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-19 Thread Mark Stanton
Mmmm, neither PIL or reportlab rings a bell. This machine is "dual boot" Windoze & Linux, Dabo setup on the Linux side, email software on the dark side :-( I'll write it down next time. Mark Stanton ___ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscri

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-19 Thread John Fabiani
On Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:57:24 am Mark Stanton wrote: > Damn, I've forgotten what "the other one" is, but they're the > (first?) two packages Dabo checks are present before it will agree to > start. > > It's complaining I don't have them. > My (Fedora) setup says it does :-( > > Now what? >

Re: [dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-19 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 04/19/2011 10:57 AM, Mark Stanton wrote: > Damn, I've forgotten what "the other one" is, but they're the > (first?) two packages Dabo checks are present before it will agree to > start. > > It's complaining I don't have them. > My (Fedora) setup says it does :-( > > Now what? > > I'm running Pyt

[dabo-users] Finally starting, falling at the first, SQLite & the other one

2011-04-19 Thread Mark Stanton
Damn, I've forgotten what "the other one" is, but they're the (first?) two packages Dabo checks are present before it will agree to start. It's complaining I don't have them. My (Fedora) setup says it does :-( Now what? I'm running Python 2.6 under VirtualEnv on Fedora 14 (which natively has