Eggs are totally new to me although I have heard of them. Sorry for top-quoting, I use gmail and I'm lazy...
Distributions usually clear these issues up by having everything compiled with the same compiler, everything linked to the right libraries that are included in the distro, etc... Maybe what's happening here is that the egg you downloaded contains a shared library (_mysql.so) that was built using a different compiler version perhaps. The fact that _mysql.so is in a temp folder makes me think that it was unzipped from the egg or something rather than being built by typing "python setup.py build" or something like (as one might do when building a python dist_utils package from source). So maybe you haven't compiled everything from scratch as you think. Again I think you should try binary packages from distribution and get rid of the egg. You clearly never tried installing the python-mysql package from the distro because the error you show is coming from the egg.... so try it. Install delete or hide all traces of your compiled versions and install python, mysql, and python-mysql packages from the package manager. I'd be shocked if this didn't work. Dave On Jan 10, 2008 12:35 PM, rob_mazur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 9, 10:58 pm, "David Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well it is still trying to import from /root/.python-eggs/... I would > also > > be interested in knowing why you are doing things as root, but I guess > > that's not important... > > > > It's still trying to import from /root/.python-eggs so get that out of > your > > python path. Run python and then > > > > import sys > > print sys.path > > > > Remove /root/.python-eggs or any other paths. > > > > Since it is happening on all three SUSE installs, well I don't know what > to > > think. I've never used eggs before and I never compile anyting from > scratch > > unless I really have to (except using Gentoo's package manger). Any > > python/mysql/mysqldb are things you should never need to compile from > > scratch (unless you really need to). And no offense but if you were > someone > > who really needed to compile them from scratch....I would have thought > you > > would be able to solve this problem yourself. I don't even use Gentoo > > anymore, too much work. > > > > -- > > Hi David. Thanks for the responses. > > Believe me, I too wondered why I needed to build things from scratch > to get them to work. I couldn't imagine every newbie would be forced > to compile all related software. But as mentioned previously in this > thread, when I searched for solutions this error: > > ImportError: /home/rmazur/.python-eggs/MySQL_python-1.2.2-py2.5-linux- > i686.egg-tmp/_mysql.so: undefined symbol: __pure_virtual > > ...nearly every one of them (that I looked at) cited the likely cause > to be MySQL and Python being compiled by different compilers. This > was the sole reason I chose to compile myself, and did so as a process > of elimination. That being said, I am weary of using the package > managers of Linux distributons because when things go sideways, it is > sometimes hard to tell how things are tied together and what > dependencies might be causing conflict. Thus my preference is to > download binaries if possible. > > Regarding running as root...I was doing so to initially to remove the > possibility of permission issues causing my problems. This is mostly > due to me being completely new to Python. As you likely know from > other langauges, you can ocassionally hit error text from compilers or > run-time errors that cite a, b or c being an error when in reality all > it is is a permission problem. Once I have a handle of how to solve > my current problem, what caused it, etc, then I will wipe the slate > clean and set things up properly for long-term usage. > > I will try your other suggestion, and thank you again for your > patience as I dip my toe into the Python world...I am just at the > beginning of learning what the errors mean, the appropriate config, > what an egg even is....etc. > > Thanks for your help. > Rob > > > -- David Grant http://www.davidgrant.ca --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
