newbie: cannot import name error

[Alex Martelli]

"Peter Hansen" <peter at engcorp.com> wrote in message
news:3B98D4F6.445C1525 at engcorp.com...
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> On the other hand, you're trying to do something I've _never_
> needed to do yet, after almost two years with Python.  Any time
> (to date) I've needed to install an extension, I've been okay
> with just copying it to the python/lib folder, or with adding

Then maybe you use a platform for which precompiled C extensions
are easier to come by than for Solaris, and have never needed to
build your own (because the distutils are the easiest way to
build C extensions anyway).


Alex