On Wednesday 15 July 2009 09:59:46 am Ed Leafe wrote:
> On Jul 13, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Jim McDonald wrote:
> > Following instructions in Dabo Wiki (including the bits about
> > installing
> > python2.5-dev and putting a dabo.pth file in the 'site-packages'
> > directory), 'setup.py install' errors out with a traceback that ends
> > as
> > follows:
> >
> >   "  File  ' .  .  .  dabo/lib/eventMixin.py' line 6 in <module>
> >         from dabo.dLocalize import _
> > ImportError: cannot import name _ "
> >
> > eventMixin.py and dLocalize.py are the same in my Windows install--
> > which
> > setup effortlessly--as in the Linux install.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
>
>       My guess is that you are doing parts of two completely different ways
> of installing the dabo module. One is to create the .pth file to a
> locally checked-out copy of the code, and the other is to grab the
> installation download and run setup.py to create an egg.
>
>       That's the problem when there is more than one way to do something:
> if you do it both ways, it doesn't work!
>
>       I would remove all the dabo stuff from site-packages to start with a
> clean slate. If you have an 'easy_install.pth' file in site-packages,
> I would open it in a text editor to make sure that it does not have
> any pathing info for a dabo egg.
>
>       Then I would pick one way of using Dabo: a locally checked-out copy
> of the repository, or an egg from the released code. The general rule
> of thumb is that if you plan on working within the framework itself,
> you should have a copy of the repository, and link to that with the
> dabo.pth file. If you don't plan on mucking around inside the
> framework code, and instead want to use Dabo to create applications,
> download the release and install the egg using setup.py.
>
>       Hope that helps!
>
>
> -- Ed Leafe

I believe I reported this issue in the recent past.  If memory serves I 
discovered that the standard use of site-packages did not work when 
installing on 9.04.  I think I ended up placing the dabo.pth file in a 
directory that started with a 'd' or 'D'.  I'm not anywhere near my ubuntu 
laptop so I can not provided the exact location/directory.   But I can say it 
took me sometime to determine where I needed to place the file.  

I hope this helps and does not confuse the issue.

Johnf




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