[NBLUG/talk] [WLUG] Python/Gourmet question

[Mike Bernson]

Jack Smith wrote:
> I'm trying to use a package called gourmet to manage recipes and I seem to
> have run into a problem.  It appears that a Python directory called
> reportlab is in my Python 2.4 tree and Gourmet is in my 2.5 tree.
> 
> [root at natsumi ~]# gourmet &
> [1] 22487
you need to install reportlab for python2.5. It should be in your package manager.
All of the python code must be at the same version.

> [root at natsumi ~]# Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/gourmet", line 34, in <module>
>     import gourmet.GourmetRecipeManager
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gourmet/GourmetRecipeManager.py",
> line 8, in <module>
>     import exporters.printer as printer
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gourmet/exporters/__init__.py",
> line 3, in <module>
>     import pdf_exporter
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gourmet/exporters/pdf_exporter.py",
> line 1, in <module>
>     import reportlab
> ImportError: No module named reportlab
> 
> [1]+  Exit 1                  gourmet
> [root at natsumi ~]# find / -name reportlab
> /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/reportlab
> 
> I tried going into pdf_exporter.py and fully qualifying reportlab but I got
> a syntax error on the leading /.  I'm a complete newbie on both Python and
> Gourmet so I'd welcome advice.
> 
> Thanks,