Ok, that makes more sense. You probably can't import django from anywhere else because the django folder cannot be read. Try going to /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages and type 'ls -l' to see the permissions. I presume you don't have e(x)ecute permission in the django folder. These commands might do the trick:
cd /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages sudo chmod 0755 django Now you should be able to cd into django and maybe import it from anywhere. I'm not sure the chmod command has the same syntax in OS X, but what you need to do is have execute permission in all the directories of the django folder and read permission in all the files within (if it's a symlink those permissions are set in the target folder, but it seems those are alright). - Paulo On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Riley <riley.sie...@gmail.com> wrote: > No when I run the shell in the directory where django lives I can > import. I untared django into a sub-directory of the desktop and > installed it there because I'm just starting and I feel like when I > figure it out I'm going to want to start from scratch. > > Ya it is really weird, it just silently fails and leaves me in the > current directory even with sudo > > On Mar 23, 7:53 pm, Paulo Almeida <igcbioinformat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just to clarify: if you run a python shell in > > /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages you can import django, but if you run > > anywhere else you can't? > > > > It seems weird that you can't cd into django's directory. > > > > - Paulo > > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Riley <riley.sie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > > I've done some extensive searching around this site, but no one's > > > advice seems to apply/fix the problem :( > > > > > Basically, I have python 2.6 and 2.5 installed on my mac (snow > > > leopard). I installed django from a tarball, using 'sudo python > > > setup.py install'. I'm pretty sure that this uses python2.6 b/c when > > > I run the command python -V it tells me 2.6.1. > > > > > I can 'import django' from a python shell inside the directory where > > > django is installed, but not anywhere else. When I print sys.path, I > > > see that /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages is listed as part of the > > > path, and when I go to that directory to check I see both a > > > Django**.egg file and a django directory. (Interestingly enough, > > > however, I am unable to 'cd' into this directory, even with sudo). > > > > > It seems as though the error is simply in python's path, but I can't > > > find it anywhere. > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Riley > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Django users" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-users%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
