[Pythonmac-SIG] Problems with PYTHONPATH using MacPorts Python 2.4 & 2.5

[Chris Cioffi]

Hello all,

I'm trying to get started with Python 2.5 on my Mac and for various
reasons would like to use th Python from MacPorts.
[http://www.macports.org/]

I've installed Python 2.5 and when I start it up I get the following:

"""
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
Python 2.5 (r25:51908, May  4 2007, 19:57:54)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
"""

The only change I have from the default system is I have
.pydistutils.cfg with the following:
"""
[install]
install_lib = ~/Library/Python/$py_version_short/site-packages
install_scripts = ~/Applications/bin
install_data = ~/Library/Python/$py_version_short/share
"""

Does anyone have any idea on what I should set $PYTHONPATHHOME to?  My
ports install is the default location, /opt/local.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Chris
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