newbie question: ImportError: No module named Numeric

[Harry George]

rmachne <rmachne at meta.lo-res.org> writes:

> Hi there,
> 
> Sorry, if there is a newbie list or this question is answered in tutorials
> - I tried but without succes :-( -  here is my question:
> Using linux,
> I need the 'Numerical Python' package, and I installed it on my local
> computer (not with the other packages in /usr/local/...) using
> 
> ~/programs/Numeric-23.0>python setup.py install --home=/scratch/raim
> 
> but now the Numeric package / module can't be found:
> 
> ~/programs/Numeric-23.0/Test> python test.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "test.py", line 2, in ?
>     import Numeric
> ImportError: No module named Numeric
> Exit 1
> 
>  I couldn't find out which path variable to change or add. Can anyone
> help?
> (Test.py works fine when called from within the lib folder with
> Numeric.py)
> 
> best
> rainer
> 

You can set an env variable:
export PYTHONPATH=/scratch/raim
(or whatever your shell syntax is)

This adds the path to your normal defaults.

You can also do this 'export' in a shell script which runs the
application.  This is useful if you have several variants of a given
module, and want to use one or the other in a specific case.


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