[Pythonmac-SIG] easy_install pyobjc: what about pyobjctools

[Michael Glassford]

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 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
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Pythonmac-SIG maillist  -  Pythonmac-SIG at python.org
>> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
>> >
>>
>> 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
>
OK. Couldn't the PyObjC egg be set to unzip by default, then? Or could 
py2app display a warning if there are zipped eggs (or at the very least 
if the PyObjC egg is zipped)?

Mike