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Pyderman
Pyderman

Reputation: 16199

Importing third-party modules within a virtualenv

Following the trouble I described here trying to install an older wPython inside a virtualenv, I then downloaded the dmg directly in a browser, and (after needing to right-click on the .pkg), it successfully got installed.

When I open an intepreter, I confirm that I can import wx.

Yet when I recreate my virtualenv, activate it, and open its intepreter:

(venv)MacBook-Pro-de-Pyderman:Projet Pyderman$ python
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84374, Aug 31 2010, 11:00:51) 
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import wx
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named wx

Is there a step I am missing with respect to being able to import third-party modules within a virtualenv?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 285

Answers (1)

alazaro
alazaro

Reputation: 442

You should try creating the virtualenv with the --system-site-packages option. This will allow you to access the packages installed at system level, like the ones you install from a dmg image.

Upvotes: 1

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