MacPython 2.2 on Mac OS X 10.3.8 - configurePython error

[Paul Miller]

I have a user who is is having trouble getting MacPython on his OS X
10.3.8 system.

When he runs ConfigurePython Carbon, he gets this error:

[terminated]
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
traceback )most recent call last):
File "Moes:SWdev:Jac k:Python2.2:Mac :script:configu rePython.py", line 11
, in ?
Import error: No module named os


I have had no trouble on my system (same version).

What can cause this?

-Paul

[Robert Kern]

Re: MacPython 2.2 on Mac OS X 10.3.8 - configurePython error

Paul Miller wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a user who is is having trouble getting MacPython on his OS X
> 10.3.8 system.
>
> When he runs ConfigurePython Carbon, he gets this error:
>
> [terminated]
> 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
> traceback )most recent call last):
> File "Moes:SWdev:Jac k:Python2.2:Mac :script:configu rePython.py", line 11
> , in ?
> Import error: No module named os
>
>
> I have had no trouble on my system (same version).
>
> What can cause this?[/color]

os.py got deleted from its home, probably. I doubt anyone is going to
help fix the problem though. MacPython 2.2 has been long abandoned. The
official OS X binary for Python 2.4.1 can be found here:

http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/MacPython-OSX-2.4.1-1.dmg

--
Robert Kern
rkern@ucsd.edu

"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
-- Richard Harter

[Paul Miller]

Re: MacPython 2.2 on Mac OS X 10.3.8 - configurePython error

Robert Kern wrote:[color=blue]
> Paul Miller wrote:
>[color=green]
>>I have a user who is is having trouble getting MacPython on his OS X
>>10.3.8 system.
>>
>>When he runs ConfigurePython Carbon, he gets this error:
>>
>>[terminated]
>>'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
>>traceback )most recent call last):
>>File "Moes:SWdev:Jac k:Python2.2:Mac :script:configu rePython.py", line 11
>>, in ?
>>Import error: No module named os
>>
>>
>>I have had no trouble on my system (same version).
>>
>>What can cause this?[/color]
>
>
> os.py got deleted from its home, probably. I doubt anyone is going to
> help fix the problem though. MacPython 2.2 has been long abandoned. The
> official OS X binary for Python 2.4.1 can be found here:
>
> http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4...SX-2.4.1-1.dmg[/color]

I realize that, but I have an application that is linked with MacPython
2.2. I can't just drop 2.4 in.

He claims the only thing that has changed is his preferences were wiped
out. There must be some solution for what is probably a not too uncommon
problem.
[color=blue]
>[/color]

[Robert Kern]

Re: MacPython 2.2 on Mac OS X 10.3.8 - configurePython error

Paul Miller wrote:[color=blue]
> Robert Kern wrote:[/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
>> MacPython 2.2 has been long abandoned. The
>>official OS X binary for Python 2.4.1 can be found here:
>>
>>http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4...SX-2.4.1-1.dmg[/color]
>
> I realize that, but I have an application that is linked with MacPython
> 2.2. I can't just drop 2.4 in.[/color]

Is this an application that you've written? If so, then I realize that
you can't just drop 2.4 in painlessly, but you really should consider
upgrading your software to use a newer Python. No one is going to
support MacPython 2.2.
[color=blue]
> He claims the only thing that has changed is his preferences were wiped
> out. There must be some solution for what is probably a not too uncommon
> problem.[/color]

It *is* uncommon. Judging from the traffic on the Pythonmac-SIG,
virtually no one is using MacPython 2.2 anymore. You can ask for help on
there, but I don't think you'll fare any better.

http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

--
Robert Kern
rkern@ucsd.edu

"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
-- Richard Harter

[Paul Miller]

Re: MacPython 2.2 on Mac OS X 10.3.8 - configurePython error

Robert Kern wrote:[color=blue]
> Paul Miller wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Robert Kern wrote:[/color]
>
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>MacPython 2.2 has been long abandoned. The
>>>official OS X binary for Python 2.4.1 can be found here:
>>>
>>>http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4...SX-2.4.1-1.dmg[/color]
>>
>>I realize that, but I have an application that is linked with MacPython
>>2.2. I can't just drop 2.4 in.[/color]
>
>
> Is this an application that you've written? If so, then I realize that
> you can't just drop 2.4 in painlessly, but you really should consider
> upgrading your software to use a newer Python. No one is going to
> support MacPython 2.2.[/color]

Yes, this is an app I have written. I could take the time to rebuild it
with the latest Python, yes.

However, the simpler solution seemed to be to try to figure out why it
won't reconfigure itself. I have OS X 10.3.8 and a clean install works
perfectly fine. Surely someone somewhere has used MacPython 2.2 on OS X
10.3.8 and heard of a similar issue, with ConfigurePython Carbon not
working after preferences were destroyed.

This is why I asked here.
[color=blue][color=green]
>>He claims the only thing that has changed is his preferences were wiped
>>out. There must be some solution for what is probably a not too uncommon
>>problem.[/color]
>
> It *is* uncommon. Judging from the traffic on the Pythonmac-SIG,
> virtually no one is using MacPython 2.2 anymore. You can ask for help on
> there, but I don't think you'll fare any better.[/color]

Perhaps I am the only developer with a legacy application he's trying to
support. But I doubt it.