On 3/25/06, Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 25 Mar 2006, linda.s wrote: > > > I downloaded some modules and were told to put under > > *\Python24\Lib\site-packages > > Hi Linda, > > Out of curiosity, which module? If we're being asked to copy files > manually into site-packages, we should do a double check on this, because > that's a slightly odd thing to do these days. A well-packaged module uses > the Distutils system: > > http://docs.python.org/lib/module-distutils.html > > and will typically include a 'setup.py' program that knows how to relocate > that module to the right location, so that you don't have to worry about > the details. > > > > I use mac machine and run Python 2.4 but why i could not find any folder > > named Python24. Also, my Mac machine has a default Python 2.3, I do not > > see any folder named Python2.3 > > If you really need to do this, run Python 2.4 and then do the following: > > ###### > import distutils.sysconfig > print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib() > ###### > > This should print out the path that you're looking for. For example, on > my Python 2.3 installation (the default on Mac OS X): > > ###### > mumak:~ dyoo$ python > Python 2.3.5 (#1, Mar 20 2005, 20:38:20) > [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1809)] on darwin > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> import distutils.sysconfig > >>> distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib() > '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages' > ###### > > So that's the directory that third-party libraries will live on my system. > > > But again, please tell us what modules you're trying to install, before > you go ahead and copy things over. Manually having to copy these files > into site-packages/ is bug-prone. You shouldn't have to do this if the > module developers have done their due dilligence by including a "setup.py" > distutils installer program.
It is from http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/mplot3D On the webpage, it says " To begin, download the module from http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/mpl3d.zip Extract the files and place them in a folder named "mpl3d" in *\Python24\Lib\site-packages" _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
