[Pythonmac-SIG] Help loading a module

[Bob Ippolito]

On 10/5/06, halamillo <halamillo at wsu.edu> wrote:
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> Newbie BioGrad student here (again):
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> First, thanks for the help on the root node variable last time. It was
> most helpful!
>
> Now, I am trying to load a new module into MacPython, but after doing $
> python setup.py install, or $ python setup.py build, then $ python
> setup.py
>
> the files on the module I downloaded are the following:
>
> DEVELOPERS      Legal.htm       PKG-INFO        Src
> customize.py    rpm_build.sh
> Demo            Lib             Packages        Test
> makeclean.sh    rpm_install.sh
> INSTALL         MANIFEST        README          build
> makedist.bat    setup.cfg
> Include         Misc            RPM.README      changes.txt
> makedist.sh     setup.py
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>
> The INSTALL file says I don't need to configure the module if I'm running
> versions greater than OSX, which I am, but when I run the setup file in
> the last line of a bunch of erros it tells me the gcc failed.

Your error report doesn't really any any information in it. How about:

1. What version of Python you're using
2. What version of Mac OS X you're using
3. Some clue as to what the heck, specifically, you're trying to install
4. Actual error messages!

-bob