[Pythonmac-SIG] Python on OS X

[Tracy Ruggles]

Hi,

I've been able to install Python on OS X with the pre-compiled version and 
can use it interactively via the Terminal, but when I try to call it from 
a CGI, I get a message I haven't seen before:

 > Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
 > Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
 > Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
 > 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
 > Traceback (most recent call last):
 >   File "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/test.py", line 5, in ?
 >     import string
 > ImportError: No module named string
 > [Sun Dec  9 16:10:47 2001] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of 
script headers: /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/test.py

The first 4 lines of this error message happen every time.  The module, 
'string', doesn't seem to want to load.  'sys' and 'os' are there, but I 
haven't tested for other ones.

The code calling it is:

 > #!/usr/local/bin/python
 >
 > import string
 > print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"
 > print dir(string)

Does anybody have any idea what's happening?

Thanks,
Tracy


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tracy s. ruggles -- trace@reinventnow.com