Re: [igraph] newbie python question

[Tamas Nepusz]

> is it possible to use igraph as a Python module from MacPython IDLE?
Yes.

> I have downloaded and run the Leopard installer for python-igraph,  
> but I don't know where it installs all the stuff...
On my Mac, it is installed in /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/ 
igraph. Note that this place most probably belongs to the standard  
Python installation (i.e., the one that comes with OS X built-in) and  
not MacPython. I don't use MacPython myself, I just simply launch the  
Python interpreter from the command line by typing "python". So, if  
you are not able to import igraph in MacPython's IDLE, the most likely  
reason is that MacPython's import path is different from OS X's  
default Python version. To check the import path in MacPython, launch  
it and type:

import sys
print sys.path

The import path includes all the directories where Python searches for  
packages. If /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages is not included among  
them, you can either add it manually:

sys.path.insert(0, '/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages')

or you can copy the whole igraph subdirectory from /Library/Python/2.5/ 
site-packages to one of the directories mentioned in MacPython's path.

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Tamas