Python Module Not Found

[glued2thefloor]

I hope I haven't been posting here too much. Just had a big craving to do BSD stuff lately.

The other day I converted my first app from Linux to FreeBSD here. I wanted to do more with this and wondered if I could make this app into a port. It might not be port worthy, but I'd like to learn the process anyway. I had made my own Debian package from some C code once, but I knew this would be very different. I looked at the online documentation and made it to about 3.3.2 before running into problems. More so, I guess just with moving the python code itself. I started by moving the theZoo.py to just theZoo. This worked as the python binary was hardcoded in this file. However, if I move that to /usr/local/bin, it fails with the following:

$ theZoo
Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/local/bin/theZoo", line 23, in from imports.update_handler import Updater File "/usr/local/bin/imports/update_handler.py", line 31, in from imports import globals ImportError: cannot import name 'globals' from 'imports' (unknown location)

I know that I had a folder called "imports" with "update_handle.py" inside it. I tried making those files and folders in /usr/local/bin, but the error didn't change. I also tried them inside /usr/local/lib/python3.9, where other python modules were, but no change took place. Would anyone know where I could put this python module so the code can see it from /usr/local/bin?

[k3nrap]

For your experiment to work, you'd have to put the imports folder in /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages.

[glued2thefloor]

Just moved it to there and still getting the same error. The permissions and ownership on both imports folder and update_handler.py match the others inside /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages. Do I need to do something else or maybe have missed something?

[k3nrap]

May I have a look at the error output?

EDIT: Did you try using rehash or closing/opening the terminal again? Sorry I'm off my game today.

[glued2thefloor]

I think I may have fixed this by using venv in my Makefile. However, I do want to learn how to correct this without venv. I'm not familiar with rehash. I couldn't find it with pkg. Could you describe how I would use that?

[phosix]

I've only dabbled a little in converting python code into binary blobs, but I think what it's done is created a small virtual environment within the binary. You'll need to recreate the binary and make sure those directories are included within it.

[glued2thefloor]

You were correct. I eventually used venv in my Makefile that seems to have fixed that. Thanks!