[Tutor] Standard library modules not installed

[Rex]

> 
> On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:24:44 -0700 (PDT)
> Rex <chidorex-pytutor at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >  
> > I'm a newbie to Python, but proficient in Perl. Loving 
it so far :)
> >  
> > I wrote a basic program that uses the comma-separated 
values
> standard
> library csv to work on files. I use a Gentoo Linux box as 
my main
> developing environment and csv is included as it is 
supposed to be.
> >  
> > However, I am going to run this program in a RedHat 9 
machine, and
> for some strange reason some libraries are not included 
in this
> python
> installation (ver. 2.2.2). I have looked at several 
library locations
> (e.g. Vaults of Parnassus) but the standard libraries are 
not there.
> >  
> > Where can I find and install these libraries that 
should, AFAIK, be > included in the standard installation of Python?
> > Why would these libraries be missing from the RPM 
python package?
> Do
> you know if there is any RPM package that includes these 
libraries?
> Might be even easier to get.
> >  
> 
> Which libraries do you mean? Is it possible that they are 
included in
> some other RPM from your
> distribution you have not installed? Sometimes they split 
up the
> standard library into
> a couple of RPMs ( for example Tkinter is usually a 
seperate RPM).
> Maybe you should just try
> to search your distro's CDs for RPMs containing something 
with
> "python".
> 
> Michael

Hi Michael,

Well, I am looking for the libraries that are in the Python 
web site under the Standard libraries. In particular the 
comma-separated values one named simply 'csv'. It is described under:

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-csv.html

I looked into freshrpms.net and the redhat network. I also 
have yum and apt as package managers, and when searching in all these 
repositories I find a bunch of libraries, but none including the 'csv'
one I need.

Oddly enough, if I enter the python interactive environment i can issue
a 'import Tkinter' and get the module loaded. Not so when 
issuing a 'import csv', in which case I get

>>> import csv
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named csv

Any suggestions. I am sure I can probably find it and 
download it, but
I am wondering why I need to do this.

Thanks again.
Rex