problem with mod_python

Graham Dumpleton Graham.Dumpleton at gmail.com
Sun Feb 17 05:07:30 EST 2008


On Feb 17, 3:29 pm, Pradnyesh Sawant <spra... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a small program which does 'import hashlib'. This program runs fine
> with python2.5. But when I try running the same program through mod_python,
> I get the error: 'ImportError: No module named hashlib' in the apache2
> error.log
>
> Searching online suggested me to include md5.so or md5module.so in apache2.
> but I don't see that in a package for debian lenny (the system I'm using).
>
> So, my Q is, is it possible to make mod_python use the same PYTHONPATH as
> the python2.5 interpreter? if so, how?
>
> any other suggestions to solve the above problem are welcome too.
> thanks!

Your mod_python isn't compiled against Python 2.5 but is using an
older version. You will need to rebuild mod_python to use Python 2.5
instead. You cannot just point mod_python at the Python 2.5 module
directories as they are incompatible.

Graham




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