curses is not imported under Linux (and Python 2.4)

[Konrad Koller]

import curses
produces the ImportError: No module named _curses
("from _curses import *" in line 15 in __init__.py)
Of course imp.find_module ("_curses") reports the same error.
How can I make use of the curses package for writing a Python script
with curses?

[Steve Holden]

Konrad Koller wrote:

import curses
produces the ImportError: No module named _curses
("from _curses import *" in line 15 in __init__.py)
Of course imp.find_module ("_curses") reports the same error.
How can I make use of the curses package for writing a Python script
with curses?

I get the same thing under Windows: _curses is the compiled extension
supporting the curses library, so I must presume that isn't supported by
default on Windows.

No problems under Cygwin or on Linux.

Googling for "python curses windows" might provide a few pointers.

regards
Steve
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[Craig Ringer]

On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 00:38, Konrad Koller wrote:

import curses
produces the ImportError: No module named _curses
("from _curses import *" in line 15 in __init__.py)
Of course imp.find_module ("_curses") reports the same error.
How can I make use of the curses package for writing a Python script
with curses?

What Linux distro?
Is the Python version you're running one you compiled, one that shipped
with the distro, or a 3rd party RPM?

At a guess, I'd say you compiled it yourself and you don't have the
ncurses development packages (providing the ncurses header files and
static libs) installed.

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Craig Ringer