What do you get when you execute
sudo echo $PYTHONPATH?
-- Garrett Hyde
On Mon 07 Jun 2010, at 08:59 AM, Matthew Gardner wrote:
> I'm trying to install a python package on my mac (nltk) that requires another
> package that I installed (yaml). I've had some messy problems with using
> macports to install python packages, but I think I just found out what the
> problem is. I installed yaml using macports, so it is found in
> /opt/local/lib/.... I've set my PYTHONPATH to use it, so I can start python
> in a terminal and import yaml just fine. But when I try to install nltk from
> source, I run sudo setup.py install, it gives me an import error ("No module
> named yaml"). I discovered that when I just type sudo python and get an
> interactive interpreter, I can't import yaml, because /opt/local/lib/...
> isn't on my PYTHONPATH. I searched for a while trying to figure out how to
> set my system PYTHONPATH on osx, but I can't find anything helpful. Any help?
>
> Matt
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