importerror all 3rd party modules

[John Machin]

nyiann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Brand new to python.  I am trying to install the py2exe modeule, and
when
> I run scripts (simple ones I've made, and examples) I get an
importerror.
> At the python command line I type:
> import py2exe
> and get: 'ImportError: no module named py2exe

Aside: py2exe is used for packaging up Python fully-tested
production-ready scripts so that they can be run as stand-alone
executables in environments where the BOsFH won't let you install
Python. You don't *need* py2exe to run a Python script. It is *not* a
"compiler"; it doesn't make your script run faster. As you are "brand
new to Python", you may want to postpone your investigation of py2exe
for a little while.

>
> So installed everything on my laptop (windows me) and it all works
fine.

It's nice to know that it "works fine" on your laptop. However
palantirs exist only in the story-books; so that we can help you with
the platform on which it *doesn't* work, could you possibly divulge:
which version of Windows, which version of Python, what "trying to
install" means, what example/script you were trying to run, what the
import error was [copy/paste], ...

> Has anyone seen this before?  Am I importing the module incorrectly?
Are
> there platform specifics issues when installing 3rd party modules?

If any, they would be typically be mentioned in the documentation for
the module. Typically, the module's setup.py would handle this.