importerror all 3rd party modules

[nyiann]

Hi,

Brand new to python. I am trying to install the py2exe modeule, and when
I run scripts (simple ones I've made, and examples) I get an importerror.
At the python command line I type:
import py2exe
and get: 'ImportError: no module named py2exe

So installed everything on my laptop (windows me) and it all works fine.
Has anyone seen this before? Am I importing the module incorrectly? Are
there platform specifics issues when installing 3rd party modules?

Any suggestions appreciated,
N

[John Machin]

Re: importerror all 3rd party modules


nyiann wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Brand new to python. I am trying to install the py2exe modeule, and[/color]
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> I run scripts (simple ones I've made, and examples) I get an[/color]
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> At the python command line I type:
> import py2exe
> and get: 'ImportError: no module named py2exe[/color]

Aside: py2exe is used for packaging up Python fully-tested
production-ready scripts so that they can be run as stand-alone
executables in environments where the BOsFH won't let you install
Python. You don't *need* py2exe to run a Python script. It is *not* a
"compiler"; it doesn't make your script run faster. As you are "brand
new to Python", you may want to postpone your investigation of py2exe
for a little while.
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> So installed everything on my laptop (windows me) and it all works[/color]
fine.

It's nice to know that it "works fine" on your laptop. However
palantirs exist only in the story-books; so that we can help you with
the platform on which it *doesn't* work, could you possibly divulge:
which version of Windows, which version of Python, what "trying to
install" means, what example/script you were trying to run, what the
import error was [copy/paste], ...
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> Has anyone seen this before? Am I importing the module incorrectly?[/color]
Are[color=blue]
> there platform specifics issues when installing 3rd party modules?[/color]

If any, they would be typically be mentioned in the documentation for
the module. Typically, the module's setup.py would handle this.