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pythonmac at gisborne.emailuser.net pythonmac at gisborne.emailuser.net
Wed Mar 24 15:17:40 EST 2004


> On Mar 24, 2004, at 2:18 PM, pythonmac at gisborne.emailuser.net wrote:
>
>> Panther. Latest update.
>>
>> Installed MacPython extensions for Panther.
>>
>> Installed wxPython for Panther.
>>
>> Go to /Applications/wxPythonOSX-2.4.1.2.
>>
>> Open Demos. Double-click on arbitrary demo. See this:
>>
>> $ "/usr/local/bin/pythonw"   
>> "/Applications/wxPythonOSX-2.4.1.2/demo/wxButton.pyc"  && echo Exit  
>> status: $? && exit 1
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/Applications/wxPythonOSX-2.4.1.2/demo/wxButton.py", line 2,  
>> in ?
>> ImportError: No module named wxPython.wx
>>
>> Wonder about how to install packages on OS X.
>>
>> Search archives. Find assertion that packages go in
>>
>> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ 
>> python2.3/site-packages
>>
>> Find followup posting in February by Bob saying that:
>>
>> site-packages itself is a  symlink to /Library/Python/2.3
>>
>> Become further confused, because this is quite clearly *not* the case  
>> on my system -- the two folders have utterly disparate content.
>>
>> Try copying wxPython folder from /Library/Python/2.3 to  
>> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ 
>> python2.3/site-packages
>>
>> Try to run demo again. Same result.
>>
>> Become utterly confused, decide to ask mailing list. Aim to put the  
>> answer on the FAQ, where it clearly belongs.
>
> It sounds like the wxPython installer, or something else, broke your  
> installation.  /System/Library/..../python2.3/site-packages SHOULD BE  
> a symlink to /Library/Python/2.3
>
> -bob

I remedied that, but I still got the same error.

So I reinstalled wxPython. Still got the same error.

So I reinstalled MacPython-Panther, then reinstalled wxPython. Still  
got the same error.




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