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]

Paul Miller wrote:

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?

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

--
Robert Kern
rk***@ucsd.edu

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

[Paul Miller]

Robert Kern wrote:

Paul Miller wrote:

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?

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

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.

[Robert Kern]

Paul Miller wrote:

Robert Kern wrote:

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

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

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.
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.

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
rk***@ucsd.edu

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

[Paul Miller]

Robert Kern wrote:

Paul Miller wrote:

Robert Kern wrote:

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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