[Pythonmac-SIG] which directory for site-packages

[Hunt Culver]

Thanks, David,

I read both your notes, but I am still stumped.

I have edited the path, but when I reboot, the deleted path comes  
back, or, in other words, is reinserted by some other startup  
process.  I read something about startup processes modifying the path,  
but I haven't determine which one is the cause and how to change it.    
So I am still searching.

Secondly, when I installed MacPython, I followed the instructions at http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython/Leopard 
. Does not step 4 create a symbolic link between /Library/Frameworks  
back to /System/.... ?  I followed those steps, and my  
Python.framework subdirectory in my /Library/ directory is an alias to  
the /System/ directory.    So, I figured they are one in the same as  
per the instructions.

So I am still stuck
.




On Nov 15, 2008, at 5:15 PM, David Warde-Farley wrote:

> On 15-Nov-08, at 1:15 PM, Hunt Culver wrote:
>
>> Then from within python I printed all the the sys.paths and  
>> sys.prefix.  I tried to create a site-packages sub directory in
>> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
>> python2.5 , but python doesn't seem to find it automatically.
>
> This suggests you're actually not using the MacPython you installed.  
> The Python.org build installs everything into /Library. /System/ 
> Library contains the Python that ships with OS X.
>
> To summarize: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework and / 
> Library/Frameworks/Python.framework are two different Python  
> installations. You seem to be running the latter while attempting to  
> run the former.
>
> David