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pythoncentosvirtualenvrpm
user16655
user16655

Reputation: 1941

Application can't find python library installed as rpm

I have a python application that's run inside a virtualenv on CentOS. This application needs a python library that's distributed and installed as an rpm. When the application runs I just get

no module named ....

I've verified that the rpm is installed correctly, and I've also installed the rpm in the site-packages directory of the virtualenv but that didn't help. What is the correct way to install an rpm so that an application running in a virtual environment has access to it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 976

Answers (2)

phd
phd

Reputation: 94453

By default virtual environments don't access modules in site-packages. You either need to allow such access (toggleglobalsitepackages in virtualenvwrapper) or recreate you virtualenv allowing such access with option --system-site-packages.

Upvotes: 3

Linuxfabrik
Linuxfabrik

Reputation: 148

It also might be a dependency problem. Try to reinstall the RPM using yum instead of rpm:

yum -y reinstall /path/to/your/file.rpm

Upvotes: 0

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