[Pythonmac-SIG] distutils.errors.DistutilsFileError: file '/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg/pkg_resources.pyc' does not exist

[Lukáš 'Spike' Polívka]

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:51 AM, Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> wrote:
>
>  On 5 Mar, 2008, at 18:27, Christopher Barker wrote:
>
>  > Lukáš 'Spike' Polívka wrote:
>  >> When running the app or building an alias bundle, I have to export
>  >> PYTHON_PATH and use --use-pythonpath flag, after that, it works. When
>  >> building a deployment bundle, it does not work.
>  >
>  > This MAY be a hint. When py2app does its thing, it moves all the
>  > modules
>  > it thinks you need into the app bundle. What that means is that the
>  > path
>  > to them all is different than when you run it outside the bundle. I've
>  > found that any funny business with PYTHON_PATH or sys.path can cause
>  > problems with py2app.
>
>  Jabbim uses PyQT and PyQT support in py2app isn't well tested at the
>  moment, you might run into a limitation of that support. Your usage of
>  the --use-pythonpath option is a clear indication that py2app doesn't
>  copy everything that the application needs into application bundle.
>
>  Which version of py2app do you use? IIRC support for pyqt is only the
>  the subversion repository of py2app, not in an actual release.
>
>  Can you run Jabbin without using py2app, that is by starting it from
>  the command line? Do you have to set any special environment variables
>  to do that?
>
> >
>  > That may not have anything to do with your issue -- I'm confused as to
>  > why a module in setuptools is needed at this stage. However, I don't
>  > think py2app supports using eggs completely anyway, so maybe you've
>  > got
>  > something installed as an egg that you could install the old-fashioned
>  > way instead.
>
>  Py2app does indeed not fully support setuptools at the moment, it
>  doesn't treat eggs as first-class citizens which breaks code that
>  relies on setuptools features. Fixing that should be easy enough, but
>  I don't know when I'll get around doing it.
>
>  Ronald
>
>

I think we are on the right track with PYTHONPATH.

I have to export
PYTHONPATH=/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages:/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages
- even when running Jabbim without py2app (or as aliased bundle).
The first path is for Twisted, the second one is for PyQt4 (SIP?).
Don't ask me why it's not installed in "better" locations, where
PYTHONPATH is not needed… I think I have installed it according to
docs.

I guess I did not read documentation thoroughly. I assumed that if I
use --use-pythonpath option, py2app would somehow take care of
"everything".

Using py2app-0.3.6-py2.5.egg.

I have also documented some of my steps here
http://dev.jabbim.cz/jabbim/wiki/en/MacOSXSupport

Thank you for your time,
Lukáš 'Spike' Polívka
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