Thanks all, My problem came when I set PYTHONHOME, apparently that is a bad thing (in this case). I know that I set it to the directory that python was in, but something about that was "bad". now everything works.
DLC Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : Dennis Clark wrote: : > This is a total newb question, you have been warned... : > : > I've been all over the www.python.org site and googled, but I've not : > found just how to add new modules. I've tried setting PYTHONPATH, : > I've tried putting the new module directories into the site-packages : > directory, I've tried creating the .pth files, I've even done all : > three of these things at the same time and still my python script : > refuses to import. What is the cannonical way to add new modules : > to python? I am running on OS X 10.4 (Macintosh obviously) on basically : > freeBSD, os I'm doing UNIX type stuff at the console. : If you are using the Apple-supplied Python 2.3.5, put the modules in : /Library/Python/2.3/site-packages/ . If you are using Bob Ippolito's : Python 2.4.1, then it's : /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python2.4/site-packages : . : -- : Robert Kern : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high : Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." : -- Richard Harter -- ============================================================================ * Dennis Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.techtoystoday.com * * "Programming and Customizing the OOPic Microcontroller" Mcgraw-Hill 2003 * ============================================================================ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
