John wrote:
> Hello, could someone please help me understand a strange problem,
> possibly associated with PYTHONPATH. When I import matplotlib, pylab, or
> scipy from any directory other than the root installation directory, it
> fails. However, if I'm in the python installation directory there are no
> errors. Thanks in advance! Please see below:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ python*
> Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Mar 7 2008, 04:10:12)
> [GCC 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import scipy
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/scipy/__init__.py", line 18, in
> <module>
> import pkg_resources as _pr # activate namespace packages
> (manipulates __path__)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2581,
> in <module>
> add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 640, in
> subscribe
> callback(dist)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2581,
> in <lambda>
> add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2130,
> in activate
> map(declare_namespace, self._get_metadata('namespace_packages.txt'))
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1749,
> in declare_namespace
> _handle_ns(packageName, path_item)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1712,
> in _handle_ns
> module = sys.modules[packageName] = new.module(packageName)
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'module'
You have a new.py module somewhere which is interfering with the standard
library's "new" module. Find it and rename it.
--
Robert Kern
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco
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