[Pythonmac-SIG] PackMan Fails to Install on Panther?

Joshua Tompkins joshua at joshuatompkins.us
Mon Nov 3 15:25:52 EST 2003


Bob Ippolito wrote:

>
> On Nov 3, 2003, at 3:16 PM, Joshua Tompkins wrote:
>
>> I'm running Python 2.3 on a stock install of Panther (I erased the 
>> drive and did a clean install), using Jack's second build of Python.  
>> If it matters, my computer is a Dual-USB iBook 600 with 384 megs of RAM.
>>
>> When I run PackMan, I can install things from the official list 
>> without any problems.  If I try to install anything from Bob's 
>> unofficial list, though, I run into some problems.  No matter what I 
>> try to install, I get a beach ball, then, a moment later, the 
>> interface is usable again, but the package doesn't install.  PackMan 
>> gives a status "no module X" message.  Is this a Panther issue, or a 
>> PackMan issue, or am I just doing something wrong?
>
>
> My unofficial list isn't built for Panther yet.  It's a Jaguar list 
> and it puts things in the Jaguar places.  Recompiling all these for 
> Panther is on my list.
>
> -bob
>
>
Wow, that was quick!

Thanks for the update, I'll keep that in mind for next time.  Since it 
puts things in the wrong places, did the install just fail, or do I need 
to go hard drive spelunking to find files that are in the wrong spots?

-joshua




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