[Pythonmac-SIG] easy_install pyobjc: what about pyobjctools

[Bob Ippolito]

On 9/28/06, Michael Glassford <glassfordm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bob Ippolito wrote:
> > On 9/28/06, Michael Glassford <glassfordm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Bob Ippolito wrote:
> >>> On 9/28/06, Michael Glassford <glassfordm at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> I've just installed Python 2.5, then installed py2app and pyobjc using
> >>>> easy_install. My application built just fine, but when I run it I get
> >>>> the error "ImportError: No module named PyObjCTools" when it tries to
> >>>> execute the line "from PyObjCTools import AppHelper". How does
> >>>> PyObjCTools get installed when easy_installing pyobjc?
> >>> You are probably using easy_install frrom a different version of Python.
> >>>
> >>> -bob
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> >> If I understand what you mean correctly, which is that I'm running the
> >> easy_install that's in my Python2.4 installation so it's installing
> >> py2app and pyobjc in my Python2.4 directories, I don't think so:
> >>
> >> 1) My PATH looks like this:
> >> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin".
> >>    The correct version of easy_install is in the first directory in the
> >> PATH.
> >>
> >> 2) If I use "easy_install-2.5 py2app" and "easy_install-2.5 py2objc"I
> >> get the same result.
> >>
> >>
> >> Here's the output when I run the two commands, in case anything stands
> >> out to you:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Computer:/users/build/develop/ build$ sudo easy_install py2app
> >> Password:
> >> Searching for py2app
> >> Best match: py2app 0.3.4
> >> Processing py2app-0.3.4-py2.5.egg
> >> py2app 0.3.4 is already the active version in easy-install.pth
> >> Installing py2applet script to
> >> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin
> >>
> >> Using
> >> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/py2app-0.3.4-py2.5.egg
> >> Processing dependencies for py2app
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Computer:/users/build/develop/ build$ sudo easy_install pyobjc
> >> Searching for pyobjc
> >> Best match: pyobjc 1.4
> >> Processing pyobjc-1.4-py2.5-macosx-10.3-fat.egg
> >> pyobjc 1.4 is already the active version in easy-install.pth
> >> Installing nibclassbuilder script to
> >> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin
> >>
> >> Using
> >> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyobjc-1.4-py2.5-macosx-10.3-fat.egg
> >> Processing dependencies for pyobjc
> >>
> >
> > I don't know then, it works fine with Python 2.4. Ronald?
> >
> > -bob
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>
> Here's a clue: I looked in
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/
> and noticed that while some of the eggs were unzipped (i.e. they were
> directories), pyobjc-1.4-py2.5-macosx-10.3-fat.egg was not (i.e. it was
> a file). I manually unzipped it to see if it contained PyObjCTools and
> it did. Then I replaced the "pyobjc-1.4-py2.5-macosx-10.3-fat.egg" file
> with the "pyobjc-1.4-py2.5-macosx-10.3-fat.egg" directory and tried
> again. It worked.
>
> After a bit of further investigation, the problem appears to be that
> py2app isn't correctly finding stuff that's in a zipped egg file, so
> that stuff is never being included in the py2app application's
> site-packages.zip file. Should it? Or should the eggs all be unzipped
> when they're installed? Maybe I have the wrong version of something?

py2app is not compatible with zipped eggs at this time.

-bob