I messed up my wxPython install (Eclipse Configuration Issue)

[Peter Otten]

blaine wrote:

> The wxPython group is a bit stale compared to this group, so I'll give
> it a shot :)
> 
> (READ: Originally when I started htis post, Python 2.5 at the shell
> did not work (identical behavior to eclipse).  I'm not sure why, but
> it has since worked fine with no problems.  Not sure whats going on
> there... I didn't change anything.  Anyways...)
> 
> Ok so I am having this problem.  I am using OS X 10.4.  I use
> MacPython and installed wxPython a few months back, and it worked
> great.  Well I haven't done any wx development lately, and now that
> I'm getting back into it I can't get wx to work properly.  I'm using
> Eclipse, too.
> 
> Python 2.5 at Shell: works just fine
> $ python
>>>> import wx
> 
> OLD projects in Eclipse: import wx works fine
> NEW projects in Eclipse (since I have started working wx again after a
> few months):
> import wx
> /Users/frikk/Documents/workspace/Bili_UI/src/wx.py:3:

Rename your script wx.py to something that doesn't clash with the installed
modules, e.g. my_wx.py. And don't forget to remove

/Users/frikk/Documents/workspace/Bili_UI/src/wx.pyc # note the .pyc suffix

too.

Peter

> DeprecationWarning: The wxPython compatibility package is no longer
> automatically generated or actively maintained.  Please switch to the
> wx package as soon as possible.
>   from wxPython.wx import *
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/Users/frikk/Documents/workspace/Bili_UI/src/nokia_fkscrn.py",
> line 37, in <module>
>     import wx
>   File "/Users/frikk/Documents/workspace/Bili_UI/src/wx.py", line 3,
> in <module>
>     from wxPython.wx import *
>   File "//Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-mac-ansi/wxPython/__init__.py", line
> 15, in <module>
>     import _wx
>   File "//Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-mac-ansi/wxPython/_wx.py", line 3, in
> <module>
>     from _core import *
>   File "//Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-mac-ansi/wxPython/_core.py", line 15,
> in <module>
>     import wx._core
> ImportError: No module named _core
> 
> I feel like this may be a path issue? Any ideas on what else to look
> for? Both sys.path statements are the same, and I'm not sure what else
> I could be causing it - some configuration perhaps in Eclipse that is
> not being set correctly for newer projects? I also choose 'Python 2.5'
> from in eclipse - and it points to the same location for both
> projects.. Path:
>>>> import sys
>>>> sys.path
> 
> ['', '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/
> site-packages/setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg', '/Library/Frameworks/
> Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/
> Pygments-0.9-
> py2.5.egg', '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python25.zip', '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5', '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/plat-darwin', '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
> Versions/
> 2.5/lib/python2.5/plat-mac', '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
> Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages', '/Library/
> Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/lib-tk', '/
> Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/lib-
> dynload', '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/site-packages', '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
> Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-mac-ansi']
> 
> Any suggestions would be great - its probably something pretty
> minor... Thanks!
> 
> Blaine