[Numpy-discussion] numpy import problem

[David Cournapeau]

Bala subramanian wrote:
>
> I dnt understand why python 2.4 dosent contain seperate libraries 
> installed in /usr/lib?
>

Because your python 2.4 was installed in /usr/local, I guess:

> The following is the result of the command - python -c "import sys; 
> print sys.path"
>
> ['', '/usr/local/lib/python24.zip', '/usr/local/lib/python2.4', 
> '/usr/local/lib/python2.4/plat-linux2', 
> '/usr/local/lib/python2.4/lib-tk', 
> '/usr/local/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload', 
> '/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages']
>

It is still not clear to me why you cannot import string in python 2.4: 
python automatically add $PREFIX/lib/python-$VERSION/site-packages to 
the path list it is looking at for import.

Did you install python 2.4 from sources ? Or is it installed by your 
package manager (rpm, since it looks like you are using Red Hat).

cheers,

David