Installation of psycopg2

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 6, 2011, at 07:19, David Rippel wrote:

> I am trying to install psycopg2 using MacPorts (on MacOS 10.6.8). I have installed Python2.7, and used the following command to install psycopg2: sudo port install py27-psycopg2
> 
> The installation runs OK and finishes, but when I try to import psycopg2 on a python shell it fails. I did a little more digging, it seems that MacPorts has installed another version of python2.7 (/opt/local/bin/python2.7) and when I run it on that installation it works.
> 
> Why did MacPorts thought it needs to install another version of python2.7?

That's our policy: http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#ownlibs


> Also, how do I get MacPorts to install on my original Python2.7

You don't: http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#syslibs


> (/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python)?

That's actually the MacPorts python 2.7 right there, assuming your frameworks_dir is set to its default value of /Library/Frameworks.