On Apr 1, 2:05 pm, "Günther Dietrich" <gd.use...@spamfence.net> wrote: > Manatee <markrri...@aol.com> wrote: > >I have unpacked the PyVISA files into the Python/lib/site-packages dir > >and from the IDLE GUI I get and error > > >import visa > > >Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "<pyshell#25>", line 1, in <module> > > import visa > >ImportError: No module named visa > > >There must be more to just putting the files in the correct directory. > > Yes, there is more: > > - DON'T unpack the files into any site-packages folder. If you already > have done it, remove them. > - Unpack the PyVISA archive to any other folder. > - On the command line, change into the PyVISA folder. There you should > find - among others - the two files setup.py and setup.cfg (at least > if you use PyVISA-1.3.tar.gz). > - Now, it depends on what variant of python you use and want to install > PyVISA for and on the configuration of your PYTHONPATH rsp. sys.path > and the folders they point to. > You can simply try: 'sudo python ./setup install' > If you are lucky, that's it. If not, you have to decide, where the > installation script has to put the files to. For example, for my > python 2.6, I chose > '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/'. In this path, > there is a folder 'lib/site-packages', which is pointed to by > sys.path, and where .pth files are evaluated. > - Edit the file setup.cfg. Near the end, in section '[install]', you will > find the line 'prefix=/usr'. Replace the '/usr' by your chosen path. > - Save the file and retry the install (see above). > > Best regards, > > Günther
Well, ok, I'll try some of that. But I am running window 7, not Linux. The "sudo" command sounds like Linux. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
