[Pythonmac-SIG] Python package directory confusion

[Bob Ippolito]

On Feb 17, 2004, at 1:08 PM, Christopher Fonnesbeck wrote:

> It seems as though my python installation on 10.3 is messed up. After  
> installing some packages, python is unable to see some packages that  
> are clearly present (e.g. Numeric). Upon inspection, I see that I have  
> 2 package directories,  
> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ 
> python2.3/site-packages/ and /Library/Python/2.3, the former being  
> empty. Why are there 2 locations, and why is MacPython using the empty  
> one? More importantly, how can I avoid this problem in the future?

The former is supposed to be a symlink to the latter, not a folder.  I  
don't know how that got screwed up, as I've never seen it happen.

-bob
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