Re: [Jython-users] Complete beginner trying to get started

[Robert W. B. <rb...@di...>]

On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, C. Porter Bassett wrote:
>
> First of all, I apologize if this is RTFM.  I tried, but didn't make it very
> far.
>
> I have some python experience, but absolutely *no* java experience, and I am
> trying to get jython 2.0 up and running on my win2k box.
>
> I downloaded it and installed it with jview


Here's the suspicious part- "jview". With jview, you must first run
"clspack -auto" before using Jython. Additionally, don't use jview to
compile Jython code to bytecode. Use jikes or sun's javac instead.


-rb

> into the directory
> c:\WINNT\java\jython-2.0.  I edited the registry file.  I added two lines:
> python.path=.;c:\\winnt\\java\jython-2.0\\lib
> python.jythonc.compiler = jview
>
> Because of my utter lack of java knowledge, I didn't add any
> python.jythonc.classpath or python.jythonc.compileropts.
>
>     I ran a simple test program and it ran fine in jython.  I then tried to
> create java bytecode, and this is what happened:
>     2111:PWORK:~$ jythonc test.py
>     Traceback (innermost last):
>       File "C:\WINNT\Java\jython-2.0\Tools\jythonc\jythonc.py", line 4, in ?
>       File "C:\WINNT\Java\jython-2.0\Tools\jythonc\main.py", line 70, in ?
>       File "C:\WINNT\Java\jython-2.0\Tools\jythonc\compile.py", line 7, in ?
>       File "C:\WINNT\Java\jython-2.0\Tools\jythonc\SimpleCompiler.py", line
> 6, in ?
>       File "C:\WINNT\Java\jython-2.0\Tools\jythonc\ImportName.py", line 9,
> in ?
>       File "C:\WINNT\Java\jython-2.0\Tools\jythonc\util.py", line 11, in ?
>     ImportError: no module named java
>     2111:PWORK:~$
>
>
> Like I said, I tried following what instructions I could find.  Could
> somebody please help me get started with jython?