Cannot use pmw widgets for python

[iborsteins]

I just installed the pmw widgets package using the included setup.py into my python 2.7.13 site-packages folder. when I try to import pmw from a python console prompt, it causes the following import error:

File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named pmw

I have looked at the files that were installed and there is no pmw.py. Does anybody know what needs to be done to eliminate this problem?

[dwblas]

First, it is always best to use the distro's native installer instead of downloading from some third party. Pmw is installed in /usr/lib64/python/site-packages on my Slackware box. It may also be in /usr/lib/... or /usr/local/lib(64)... Where ever it is it has to be somewhere in the Python Path. You can print the path with

import sys
print sys.path 

edit: it is
import Pmw (note the capital "P")