[Pythonmac-SIG] (no subject)

[Bob Ippolito]

On Mar 24, 2004, at 3:17 PM, pythonmac at gisborne.emailuser.net wrote:

>> 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.

It's likely that installing wxPython is going to break this symlink  
every time you do it.  MacPython-Panther does not create this symlink  
(it's there when you install 10.3), so re-installing it won't make a  
difference.

-bob