Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] which directory for site-packages

2008-11-16 Thread Hunt Culver
Thanks, David, I tried your idea and it worked. I delete the Python.framework alias at /Library/Frameworks/ , which pointed to /System, and reinstalled MacPython. I skipped over step 4 at the python.org website and after a few other nits, I managed to get my own scripts up and running fro

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] which directory for site-packages

2008-11-16 Thread Hunt Culver
those steps, and my Python.framework subdirectory in my /Library/ directory is an alias to the /System/ directory.So, I figured they are one in the same as per the instructions. So I am still stuck . On Nov 15, 2008, at 5:15 PM, David Warde-Farley wrote: On 15-Nov-08, at 1:15 PM,

[Pythonmac-SIG] which directory for site-packages

2008-11-15 Thread Hunt Culver
Hi all, I cannot seem to get my Mac to find the site-packages directory for MacPython 2.5. Below is some relevant info from terminal. The first path in $PATH is somehow being applied during startup (by some other process, I presume MacPython.) and it is pointing to the lib directory.

[Pythonmac-SIG] newbie questions: import site failed and proper location of site-packages

2008-11-06 Thread Hunt Culver
Yes, Chris, When I go to terminal and type in python I get this message: 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback But python proceeds to load. However, since site.py is not loaded I cannot get to the site-packages directory. Then if I return to terminal and enter python -v, I get a lon

[Pythonmac-SIG] newbie questions: import site failed and proper location of site-packages

2008-11-04 Thread Hunt Culver
I was trying to put my own .py modules in the site-packages folder but they were loading as expected, so I searched various threads and discovered there are many possible site-package directories on a Mac OS 10.5 system. Then after more troubleshoot I discovered that import site was not w