[Tutor] Problems installing

[Andrew Martin]

How exactly can I go about deleting __init__.pyc? Sorry, I am new to this so
I need everything spelled out for me.

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Marc Tompkins <marc.tompkins at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Andrew Martin <amartin7211 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I just downloaded Python 2.6.5 onto my windows vista laptop. I am
>> attempting to install "escript version 3: Solution of Partial Differential
>> Equations (PDE) using Finite Elements (FEM)." I downloaded the files and
>> manually placed them in their appropriately place on my computer according
>> to the ReadMe file. However, when I try to import escript, I get an error:
>>
>> >>> import esys.escript
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
>>     import esys.escript
>> ImportError: Bad magic number in
>> C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\esys\escript\__init__.pyc
>> >>>
>>
>> Can anybody lend me a hand?
>>
>> I don't know anything about escript, I'm afraid, but try this  - .pyc
> files are always replaceable, as long as the .py or .pyw files they
> correspond to still exist.  So delete __init__.pyc (I'm assuming that
> there's also a __init__.py file) and try again.
>
> Of course, this is only a solution if the problem is a corrupt .pyc file,
> which I've run into on a couple of occasions.  If it's something else...
>
> Hope that helps.
>
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