Re: Elementtree install problem in Ubuntu (a newbie ..)

[Philip Semanchuk]

On Mar 10, 2010, at 6:48 PM, robert somerville wrote:

> Hi ;
> I installed the elementtree and celementree packages throught the
> synaptic
> package manager, all seems to go fine through the install ...
>
> when i startup python and try to import them (as per the EFFBOTT.org
> suggestions) .. PROBLEMS ... (see below ..) What am i doing
> wrong ??? this
> is a new window after installation of packages ...
>
> Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Dec 7 2009, 18:43:55)
> [GCC 4.4.1] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import elementtree.ElementTree as ET
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> ImportError: No module named elementtree.ElementTree
>>>> import elementtree
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> ImportError: No module named elementtree

Hi Robert,
In Python >= 2.5, ElementTree is part the standard library so it
doesn't need to be installed separately. Here's the documentation for
it:
http://www.python.org/doc/2.6.4/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html

HTH
Philip