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

[James Abernathy]

On 11/24/18 11:00 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> 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.

I use a frontend on my Mac called 0.29-fixes from the Pre-built 
Downloads table (https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythTV_on_Mac_OS_X). The 
status is listed as Testing and has been for over a year. The link is

(https://dl.bintray.com/warpme/macOS-MythTV-frontend.app/MythFrontend-OSX-29-fixes.zip)

Hope that helps.

Jim A


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