Can't find modules at command line

[Sam Stout]

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I'm using Python on Mac OS X.  I usually run IDLE and get this result:

IDLE 1.2      

>>> import gun

Bang!

>>> 

However, when I try this from Terminal:

Jacks-Mac:~ Sam$ python

ActivePython 2.5.0.0 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on

Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Mar  9 2007, 17:40:37) 

[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)] on darwin

Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>> import gun

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>

ImportError: No module named gun

>>> 

This file is at [/Users/sam/Documents/gun.py].  What should I do to make it visible to Python?

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[Christian Witts]

Sam Stout wrote:

> I'm using Python on Mac OS X.  I usually run IDLE and get this result:
>
> IDLE 1.2      
> >>> import gun
> Bang!
> >>>
>
> However, when I try this from Terminal:
>
> Jacks-Mac:~ Sam$ python
> ActivePython 2.5.0.0 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
> Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Mar  9 2007, 17:40:37)
> [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)] on darwin
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import gun
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> ImportError: No module named gun
> >>>
>
> This file is at [/Users/sam/Documents/gun.py].  What should I do to
> make it visible to Python?
>
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In the console when you start it up you appear to be in your home
directory `~` but your script is in the Documents folder so you will
need to add Documents to your path for eg.
from sys import path
path.append('/path/to/script/to/be/imported')
import gun

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Kind Regards,
Christian Witts


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[Alan Gauld]

"Christian Witts" <cwitts@...> wrote

>> >>> import gun
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> ImportError: No module named gun
>> >>>
>>
>> This file is at [/Users/sam/Documents/gun.py].  What should I do to
>> make it visible to Python?
>>  
> In the console when you start it up you appear to be in your home
> directory `~` but your script is in the Documents folder so you will
> need to add Documents to your path for eg.
> from sys import path
> path.append('/path/to/script/to/be/imported')
> import gun

Or you can create/edit your PYTHONPATH environment variable
to include /Users/sam/Documents.

You do that in your ~/.bash_profile file with

export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/Users/sam/Documents

Note the dot before the filename...

--
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/



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