Python does not see Macports-installed modules. Why?

[Rainer Müller]

Tarage wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone. The subject line says it all. I'm trying to get py-gtk2
> going on 10.3.9, and in that quest, I've let Macports install all the
> dependent libraries, including python24. However, when I go to the
> python prompt and run a help() then modules, it doesn't see any of the
> modules I've installed! I've experimented with adding various paths to
> the python search path, but apparently I'm not adding the right ones to
> pick up these modules. I've looked through the archives here and across
> the Web. How do I make sure that python will see the Macports-installed
> modules?

Make sure you started the python2.4 binary from MacPorts and not the
python2.3 provided by Mac OS X.

HTH, Rainer