Oops that's funny I muxed up the echo and export commands! This is what I meant:
export $PYTHONPATH="/usr/local/lib64/python2.7/site-packages" On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Ryan Connelly <ryan.connelly.6...@gmail.com> wrote: > Type $PYTHONPATH in bash what does it return? Also from the Python > interpreter (type python in bash), type > > import sys > sys.path > > What does this return? > > They should return things like /usr/lib64 (and > lib)/python2.7/site-packages and /usr/local/lib64 (and > lib)/python2.7/site-packages. > > So what python does when it looks for a module to import, it looks in > those folders defined by pythonpath and sys.path. If you want to > import a package that's called rtlsdr, there should be a folder in one > of the site-packages folders called rtlsdr. Additionally in that > folder there should be a __init__.py file. That's how finding modules > works in a nutshell. > > If you didn't have a PYTHONPATH, type this into a bash prompt to set > one (it will set for that user only) > > export 1 >> $PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib64/python2.7/site-packages > > reference: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Phil <phil_...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> I'm almost afraid to ask such a basic question. A Google search shows that >> the Internet is awash with all sorts of tutorials but I still haven't >> discovered the answer. >> >> It dawned on me a couple of days ago that gnuradio is not a plug-and -play >> SDR, like several of the Windows SDR applications that I've played with, but >> a series of building blocks. My journey into gnuradio came to a halt very >> quickly. >> >> My question is, how do I tell Python (I'm using it from the command line, no >> IDE yet) where the modules are located? As in the following example. >> >>>>> from rtlsdr import * >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >> ImportError: No module named rtlsdr >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Phil >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss-gnuradio mailing list >> Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
