On Feb 28, 7:30 pm, per <perfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi all, > > i recently installed a new version of a package using python setup.py > install --prefix=/my/homedir on a system where i don't have root > access. the old package still resides in /usr/lib/python2.5/site- > packages/ and i cannot erase it. > > i set my python path as follows in ~/.cshrc > > setenv PYTHONPATH /path/to/newpackage > > but whenever i go to python and import the module, the version in site- > packages is loaded. how can i override this setting and make it so > python loads the version of the package that's in my home dir?
What happens when you run the command "print sys.path" from the Python prompt? /path/to/newpackage should be the second item, and shoud be listed in front of the site-packages dir. What happens when you run "print os.eviron['PYTHONPATH']" at the Python interpreter? It's possible that the sysadmin installed a script that removes PYTHONPATH environment variable before invoking Python. What happens when you type "which python" at the csh prompt? What happens when you type "ls /path/to/newpackage" at your csh prompt? Is the module you're trying to import there? You approach should work. These are just suggestions on how to diagnose the problem; we can't really help you figure out what's wrong without more information. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
