[Python-mode] python-mode not working in Ubuntu

[Andreas Röhler]

travis+ml-emacs at subspacefield.org wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am an EMACS user and I know scheme, but I don't know EMACS lisp and I've run
> into a problem where I could use some help.
>
> I installed the following packages on Ubuntu intrepid:
>
> bash$ dpkg -l | grep -E 'emacs|python-mode'
> ii  emacs                                      22.2-0ubuntu2                               The GNU Emacs editor (metapackage)
> ii  emacs22-bin-common                         22.2-0ubuntu2                               The GNU Emacs editor's shared, architecture
> ii  emacs22-common                             22.2-0ubuntu2                               The GNU Emacs editor's common infrastructure
> ii  emacs22-gtk                                22.2-0ubuntu2                               The GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ 2.x support)
> ii  emacsen-common                             1.4.17                                      Common facilities for all emacsen
> ii  python-mode                                1:1.0-3.1ubuntu4                            Emacs-lisp python-mode and doctest-mode for
>
> When I go to edit a python file with emacs, I get this in my messages buffer:
>
> ("emacs" "/tmp/foo.py")
> Loading 00debian-vars...
> No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
> Loading 00debian-vars...done
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...
> Loading debian-ispell...
> Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...done
> Loading debian-ispell...done
> Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...done
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...done
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50psvn.el (source)...done
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50pymacs.el (source)...done
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-mode.el (source)...done
> For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
> (New file)
> File mode specification error: (file-error "Cannot open load file" "python-mode")
>
> When I run M-x python-mode, I get this message:
>
> call-interactively: Cannot open load file: python-mode
>
> And yet, it appears to be there:
>
> bash$ locate python-mode
> /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-mode.el
> /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/python-mode
> /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/remove/python-mode
> /usr/share/doc/python-mode
> /usr/share/doc/pymacs/contrib/Giorgi/python-mode.diffs.gz
> /usr/share/doc/python-mode/README.Debian
> /usr/share/doc/python-mode/changelog.Debian.gz
> /usr/share/doc/python-mode/copyright
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/python-mode
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/python-mode/doctest-mode.el
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/python-mode/pycomplete.el
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/python-mode/python-mode.el
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/python-mode.conffiles
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/python-mode.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/python-mode.md5sums
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/python-mode.postinst
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/python-mode.prerm
>
> Can anyone please help me figure out how to troubleshoot this?
>
> BTW: Thanks for creating such a wonderful editor!  It has really helped me
> as a programmer over the years.
>   


Hi,

case it shouldn't work using the hints given,

(load "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/python-mode/python-mode.el")

into your emacs-init-file, probably ~/.emacs, should
do it for the moment in any case.

BTW python-mode.el is maintained at

https://code.launchpad.net/python-mode

I'll cc this mail to python-mode at python.org

Andreas