Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:54:46 -0700
> From: John <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [dabo-users] Troublesome install on Ubuntu
> To: Dabo Users list <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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> 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
>
>
I followed Ed's advice and set up a simple installation without a copy
of the repository. This install is now functioning according to spec.
Thanks!
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