Yup that was it Thanks Riley
On Mar 24, 7:12 am, Paulo Almeida <igcbioinformat...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
