[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 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
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> Pythonmac-SIG maillist  -  Pythonmac-SIG at python.org
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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)?
> 
> Making the egg unzip by default is easy, but using "easy_install -Z
> pyobjc" is a workaround until that happens (you may need to delete the
> current egg).

Yes, thanks, it wasn't hard to figure this out once I knew what the 
problem was.

> Changing py2app is not so easy... or rather, the effort that goes into
> determining that a zip is required is nearly the same as the effort
> required to support zipped eggs, so it would be silly to display a
> warning instead of creating a working app.

That makes sense, thanks.

Mike