module error in Vista -- works as administrator

[sawilla]

The access writes to easy-install.pth for regular users is read and
execute.

The output of sys.path for regular users is:
['', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\
\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.eg
g', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\python25.zip', 'C:\\Program Files\
\Python25\\D
LLs', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\
\lib\\pla
t-win', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\lib-tk', 'C:\\Program Files\
\Python25
', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages']

The output of sys.path for the admin user is:
['', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\
\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.eg
g', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\networkx-0.36-
py2.5.egg',
'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\numpy-1.0.4-py2.5-
win32.egg',
'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\scipy-0.6.0-py2.5-
win32.egg',
'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\matplotlib-0.91.2-
py2.5-win32.
egg', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\dot2tex-2.7.0-
py2.5.egg'
, 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\pydot-1.0.2-
py2.5.egg', 'C:\
\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\pyparsing-1.4.11-py2.5-
win32.egg',
 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\python25.zip', 'C:\\Program Files\
\Python25\\DLLs
', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\
\lib\\plat-w
in', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\lib-tk', 'C:\\Program Files\
\Python25',
'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages']

The contents of easy-install.pth are:
import sys; sys.__plen = len(sys.path)
./setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg
./networkx-0.36-py2.5.egg
./numpy-1.0.4-py2.5-win32.egg
./scipy-0.6.0-py2.5-win32.egg
./matplotlib-0.91.2-py2.5-win32.egg
./dot2tex-2.7.0-py2.5.egg
./pydot-1.0.2-py2.5.egg
./pyparsing-1.4.11-py2.5-win32.egg
import sys; new=sys.path[sys.__plen:]; del sys.path[sys.__plen:];
p=getattr(sys,
'__egginsert',0); sys.path[p:p]=new; sys.__egginsert = p+len(new)

The location where numpy is found:
>>> print os.path.abspath(numpy.__file__)
C:\Program Files\Python25\lib\site-packages\numpy-1.0.4-py2.5-win32.egg
\numpy\__
init__.pyc

So I believe I need to have the easy-install.pth file executed
automatically for regular users but I don't know how to do this.

Reg




On Apr 21, 7:29 pm, John Machin <sjmac... at lexicon.net> wrote:
> sawillawrote:
> > On Apr 21, 5:42 pm, John Machin <sjmac... at lexicon.net> wrote:
> >> Log on as administrator, start python in command window and do this:
>
> >> import sys
> >> sys.path # shows where python is looking for importables
> >> import numpy
> >> import os.path
> >> print os.path.abspath(numpy.__file__) # shows where it found numpy
>
> >> Log on as ordinary user, start python in command window and do this:
>
> >> import sys
> >> sys.path
> >> # check how this is different from the admin's sys.path
>
> >> If you can't see what to do after that, come back here with the output
> >> from those steps.
>
> >> HTH,
> >> John
>
> > That was a great help, thank you. I now see what is causing the
> > problem but I don't know how to fix it. I used easy_install to install
> > several packages. When I run Python from an administrator command
> > window all of the directories in C:\Program Files\Python25\Lib\site-
> > packages\easy-install.pth are added to the sys.path. When I run it as
> > a regular user, those directories are not added to the sys.path and so
> > Python can't find the modules.
>
> > I know how to manually add those directories to Python's search path
> > but then I'll need to update the path every time I install something.
> > How do I get Python to automatically load the easy-install.pth file
> > for the regular user account?
>
> > Reg
>
> """
> If you can't see what to do after that, come back here with the output
> from those steps.
> """
> in particular what is in sys.path for the non-admin user.
> Also what are the access rights to the easy-install.pth file?- Hide quoted text -
>
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