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codyc4321
codyc4321

Reputation: 9672

library on pythonpath not accessible

I have a library that is on the pythonpath:

In [2]: import sys

In [3]: sys.path
Out[3]:                                                                                                                                                                                               
['',                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 ...                                                                                                                                                                
 '/home/cchilders/scripts/python/my_scripting_library', 
]

It is registered in ~/.profile:

export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:/home/cchilders/scripts/python/my_scripting_library"

yet when I enter python/Ipython, I can't see it or use it. It has init.py in its highest level. I use kubuntu and suddenly it doesn't work, but anything I pip install does. What can cause this? Thank you

Upvotes: 1

Views: 432

Answers (1)

J2C
J2C

Reputation: 497

The folders on the PYTHONPATH should contain folders that are python packages, and not be the paths to the packages themselves.

In this case, if my_scripting_library is your package, and '/home/cchilders/scripts/python/my_scripting_library' contains the __init__.py file, it will not be valid.

Assuming my_scripting_library is the package you wish to import, ensure the __init__.py file is within '/home/cchilders/scripts/python/my_scripting_library', then the folder on the path should be:

export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:/home/cchilders/scripts/python"

You can then in Python do this:

>>> import my_scripting_library

Upvotes: 2

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