Re: [Pythoncard-users] Install on OS X with Fink

[Kevin A. <al...@se...>]

On Nov 27, 2004, at 2:51 PM, Phil Thomson wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm excited to get PythonCard installed, but I'm wondering which 
> Python I should use. I have both the native OS X Python as well as 
> Fink's Python, so when I installed PythonCard, it went into 
> /sw/lib/python2.3, rather than /Library/Python. As a result, when I 
> run minimal.py, for example, I get this:
>
> PhilBook:/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PythonCard/samples/minimal 
> user$ ./minimal.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./minimal.py", line 8, in ?
>     from PythonCard import model
>   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PythonCard/model.py", line 24, 
> in ?
>     from wxPython.wx import wxPySimpleApp, wxFrame, wxMessageDialog, 
> wxICON_EXCLAMATION, wxOK, wxVERSION_STRING
> ImportError: No module named wxPython.wx
>
> What's the best way of getting around this error message? I imagine it 
> has something to do with the two python's, with the wxPython stuff 
> being installed under one python and PythonCard being installed with 
> the other one, right?
>
> P
>
>
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I have no experience with Fink. The installation instructions on the 
main site assume that if you're using Panther then you'll just be using 
Apple's standard Python 2.3 install. I think this issue with Fink is 
probably a FAQ, so maybe ask on the pythonmac-sig mailing list? I'm 
guessing that you need to specify the right Python when you do your 
wxPython and PythonCard installs. On my machine, that is 
/usr/bin/python which is a symlink. Don't forget to run wxPython and 
PythonCard apps with pythonw, that's /usr/bin/pythonw.

ka