On 08/28/2012 12:44 PM, Peter Otten wrote: > Ray Jones wrote: > >> On 08/28/2012 11:06 AM, Peter Otten wrote: >>> Ray Jones wrote: >>> >>>> I'm working on another Python replacement for a Bash script, and I ran >>>> into a need for enhanced time zone functions. Following directions I >>>> found on a web site, I did the following: >>>> >>>> # easy_install --upgrade pytz >>>> Searching for pytz >>>> Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pytz/ >>>> Reading http://pytz.sourceforge.net >>>> Reading http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=79122 >>>> Reading http://www.stuartbishop.net/Software/pytz >>>> Reading http://sourceforge.net/projects/pytz/ >>>> Best match: pytz 2012d >>>> Downloading >>>> http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/p/pytz/pytz-2012d- >>> py2.7.egg#md5=e6f9219ae6eff242f13c6700413df69e >>>> Processing pytz-2012d-py2.7.egg >>>> creating /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pytz-2012d-py2.7.egg >>>> Extracting pytz-2012d-py2.7.egg to >>>> /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages Adding pytz 2012d to >>>> easy-install.pth file >>>> >>>> Installed /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pytz-2012d-py2.7.egg >>>> Processing dependencies for pytz >>>> Finished processing dependencies for pytz >>>> >>>> >>>> Everything I'm reading suggests that now I should have the pytz module >>>> available to me. But from iPython: >>>> >>>> >>>> In [1]: import pytz >>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> ImportError Traceback (most recent call >>>> last) >>>> >>>> /home/ray/<ipython console> in <module>() >>>> >>>> ImportError: No module named pytz >>> Do you have multiple python installations on your machine? Do you run >>> easy_install in one and ipython in another? >> Perhaps. But the module is not accessible from the 'python' shell, from >> 'idle', or from iPython. >> >> As I peruse Synaptic I find I have active installations of Ubuntu's >> basic python, python2.7, and python2.7-minimal. But are these separate >> installations? > No, I suspected that you had a system python and a self-compiled one, i. e. > that you have both > > /usr/local/bin/python > > and > > /usr/bin/python > > If that were the case then you should be able to import pytz into one of > these. Bingo!
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