On Jun 18, 10:18 am, Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I downloaded BeautifulSoup.py from > >http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/and being a n00bie, I > > just placed it in my Windows c:\python25\lib\ file. When I type > > "import beautifulsoup" from the interactive prompt it works like a > > charm. This seemed too easy in retrospect. > > It might be better if you put the file in \python25\lib\site-packages\ > The same import will still work, but you probably want to avoid putting > non-core files directly in \python25\lib. > > Also, it sounds like you renamed the file: "import beautifulsoup" should > fail (the file is supposed to be called BeautifulSoup.py). If you want to > be able to install other software which has been written to use > BeautifulSoup you'll need to make sure the case of the filename is correct. > > > > > Then I downloaded the PIL (Python Imaging Library) module from > >http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/. Instead of a simple file that > > BeautifulSoup sent me, PIL is an .exe that installed itself in c: > > \python25\lib\site-packages\PIL\. However it won't load by typing > > "import pil". > > > I know I am supposed to RTFM, but a Google search has not led to the > > holy grail that Monty Python found. I realize that PIL is a package as > > opposed to a simple script (and it does not include a readme file). > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Did you try "import PIL"? All module and package names in Python are case > sensitive.
YIKES, Python is case sensitive! I knew that, says he blushing. Now it works. Thanks Duncan. Ciao, Bill -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
