[mythtv-users] running python scripts on OS X against mythtv database?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi James,

Saturday, November 24, 2018, 11:52:13 PM, you wrote:

>> On Nov 24, 2018, at 4:53 PM, Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 11/24/18 3:26 PM, James Abernathy wrote:
>>> I have some scripts that work on my Ubuntu systems that print data from the mythtv backend and database.
>>> I have a Macbook Pro that I run Mythfrontend and XQuartz for maintenance of the backend. I’d like to run some python scripts.
>>> How do I link up all the modules so I don’t get errors like:
>>>   File "./find_recording_inputs.py", line 13, in <module>
>>>     from MythTV import exceptions, MythBE
>>> ImportError: No module named MythTV
>> 
>> If you know where the MythTV Python bindings are installed, then you can
>> do this:
>> 
>> export PYTHONPATH=/directory/where/the/bindings/are/installed
>> 
>> This would display the directories in use:
>> 
>> echo -e "import sys\nfor p in sys.path:\n\tprint p" | python
>> 
>> -- 
>> Bill

> Sometimes going the long way around is easier.  I’m sitting here
> with my Macbook thinking about y’all’s responses and saw the
> Virtualbox icon in the Dock and remembered I have that installed
> just to run apps that I can’t find a Mac OS X version but have a
> Linux version. So I installed mythtv-frontend in the Ubuntu 18.04
> virtual machine and that brought in the python bindings.  Now my
> scripts run on my Macbook, sort of :-) 

> Surprisingly, I testing the frontend in the Virtual Machine and it
> runs as good as the OS X version fo mythfrontend.

> Jim A

Basically your python bindings not working correctly is an issue of
your installation. The distribution by which you install mythfrontend
should set them up correctly, this supposing you did not compile them
yourself. So put your issues to the distribution you use and let them
correct their distribution. They would be thankful for you positive
backtalk.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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