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How to set pythonpath in Mac OS X?

Eric Wichterich eric.wichterich at gmx.de
Fri Oct 24 11:41:07 EDT 2003 
Thank you, Martin,

I fixed the problem with pythonpath and figured out that there is a  
problem with Apache and CGI, not with importing the library anymore.  
There is something Apache doesn't like. I only get the two different  
errors: Malformed header - or - premature end of file, no further  
details. The python-scripts work fine on a linux server with Apache in  
contrast to Apache on Mac OS X...

I'll keep working on it. It's just frustrating.

Eric


> Von: Martin Franklin <mfranklin1 at gatwick.westerngeco.slb.com>
> Datum: Fr, 24. Okt 2003  11:47:01 Europe/Berlin
> An: Python List <python-list at python.org>
> Betreff: Re: How to set pythonpath in Mac OS X?
>
>
> On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 10:20, Eric Wichterich wrote:
>> Hello Pythonistas,
>>
>> I am trying to get certain (self-written) libraries imported into my
>> scripts using statements like
>>
>> "from library import function.py".
>>
>
> Is this a typo you do not need the .py on the end
> it should (perhaps) read:
>
> from library import function
>
>
>> But they are not being found.
>>
>> I think that the pythonpath-variable must be expanded to the location
>> to this libraries.
>>
>> But, I can't find any usable information using Google on how to set up
>> the pythonpath properly.
>> I don't even know where to look for the pythonpath-variable?
>>
> The pythonpath (or PYTHONPATH) variable is an environment variable -
> I'm no MAC expert but I expect there is a command you could use to show
> it's value... however from inside a running python program the
> PYTHONPATH variable is stored in  sys.path and is a list of paths that
> python will look in for your module / package.
>
> Python 2.3 (#1, Aug 27 2003, 10:53:10)
> [GCC 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import sys
>>>> sys.path
> ['', '/usr/local/lib/python23.zip', '/usr/local/lib/python2.3',
> '/usr/local/lib/python2.3/plat-linux2',
> '/usr/local/lib/python2.3/lib-tk',
> '/usr/local/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload',
> '/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages',
> '/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PIL']
>>>>
>
>
> A quick google on PYTHONPATH should point you towards some useful
> information... it is also explained in the (free, online) python
> tutorial
> http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/ 
> node8.html#SECTION008110000000000000000
>
>> It would be great if anyone could help me out on this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Eric
>
>
> Regards
> Martin
>
>
> -- 
> Martin Franklin <mfranklin1 at gatwick.westerngeco.slb.com>
>
>
>
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