Python - Ubuntu install for SQLAlchemy not working

Question

I'm trying to setup a ubuntu box so I can do some work, and I'm having a tough time trying to get SQLAlchemy installed.

I have tried pretty much everything I can find on tutorials etc, and the latest position I find myself in is:

easy_install SQLAchemy seems to work ok, and installs version 0.7.4 (as far as I can tell)

If I go into python and try import sqlalchemy I get no module named sqlalchemy I also found a script that lists all the modules on the version of python, and its not listed there.

I am new to Ubuntu, so I am not sure about the correct steps. I'm on Python 2.7 32bit and Ubuntu 12.04. Can anybody help me with this?

Answer 1

You can try using the version directly from the ubuntu repositories:

sudo apt-get install python-sqlalchemy # or python3-sqlalchemy
 

if you used sudo easy_install, then the packages usually get installed in /usr/local/lib/pythonX.X/. The problem could be that easy_install (and also pip) doesn't set the file premissions right, so everyting installed is only readable by root.

You can avoid this by using the --user option when installing, then the packages are installed in the user site directory (~/.local/lib/pythonX.X)