[Pythonmac-SIG] Python library cannot be found

[Bob Ippolito]

On Jul 5, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Yves Schmid wrote:

> We just released an application for MacOSX called Modul8 that uses 
> Python for all its internal scripting (and Python is really GREAT!). 
> We directly linked the library to the application. Modu8 works only on 
> MacOS 10.3, so we can assume that Python 2.3 is here.
>
> Unfortunately, we have a few users who receive the following message 
> in the console when they launch Modul8:
>
> dyld: /Applications/Modul8Demo/Modul8.app/Contents/MacOS/Modul8 can't 
> open library: 
> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/Python (No 
> such file or directory, errno = 2)
>
> I talked with a user and he said that the python library was 
> effectively at the right place in his system (see 
> http://www.garagecube.com/forum in the support section to see the 
> discussion with the users).
>
> I really don't understand what's going on here... Especially because 
> it's happening only with a few users... I did not find a workaround at 
> this time and I was wondering if anybody would have a clue ? Is there 
> something special to do when linking the library to the application to 
> be sure ?

You'll see this if they've deleted it somehow, or if they didn't 
install the "optional" BSD subsystem.  The BSD subsystem is installed 
by default, but I guess some users like to cause themselves pain.

-bob
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