Re: [Pyobjc-dev] pyobjc 2.3 install fails

[Mark S. <sie...@st...>]

Thanks for the clarification on those un-important errors.

>>>>> import pyobjc
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> ImportError: No module named pyobjc
> 
> That's expected. Use 'import objc' instead.

Oh - sorry.  (I'm not the user of this package; I just install things.)


> You seem the end up with a complete installation. Does 'import Foundation' or 'import AppKit' work?

I get this now from pyobjc 2.3:

>>> import objc
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/sienkiew/py/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyobjc_core-2.3-py2.7-macosx-10.4-i386.egg/objc/__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
    _update()
  File "/Users/sienkiew/py/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyobjc_core-2.3-py2.7-macosx-10.4-i386.egg/objc/__init__.py", line 21, in _update
    import objc._objc as _objc
ImportError: dlopen(/Users/sienkiew/py/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyobjc_core-2.3-py2.7-macosx-10.4-i386.egg/objc/_objc.so, 2): Symbol not found: _PyMac_Error
  Referenced from: /Users/sienkiew/py/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyobjc_core-2.3-py2.7-macosx-10.4-i386.egg/objc/_objc.so
  Expected in: dynamic lookup

Foundation and AppKit both start to import, but they get this same exception when they try to import objc.

With pyobjc 2.2 it is a different symbol:

>>> import objc
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/sienkiew/py2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyobjc_core-2.2-py2.7-macosx-10.4-i386.egg/objc/__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
    _update()
  File "/Users/sienkiew/py2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyobjc_core-2.2-py2.7-macosx-10.4-i386.egg/objc/__init__.py", line 19, in _update
    import _objc
ImportError: dlopen(/Users/sienkiew/py2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyobjc_core-2.2-py2.7-macosx-10.4-i386.egg/objc/_objc.so, 2): Symbol not found: _CFMutableArrayRefObj_New
  Referenced from: /Users/sienkiew/py2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyobjc_core-2.2-py2.7-macosx-10.4-i386.egg/objc/_objc.so
  Expected in: dynamic lookup


Normally, I would go hunting for the references to the missing symbols and I would look for where they came from, but as far as I can tell, easy_install does not leave any source code behind.  Is there a normal source distribution I can download, so I can see what the code does?

( Actually, that hints at my next question:  Is it possible to install pyobjc from a local copy of the software -- e.g. while not connected to the internet?  Eventually, I have to take this to systems with more strict configuration control. )

Mark