py26-pyx cannot find the File '10pt.lfs'

[mftsai.mftsai@…]

After installing py26-pyx package on MacOSX 10.6.2, I found that, when I try the Hello World example, it encounters a problem of IOError. Here is the error message:

IOError: File '10pt.lfs' is not available or not readable. No LaTeX font size files (*.lfs) available. Check your installation.

Does anyone know how to fix it?? Thanks in advance.

[blb@…]

I would guess that would be installed with texlive, maybe py26-pyx needs to be informed as to where the fonts are located?

[macports@…]

This bug is caused by the installer copying the pyc files as well as the py files from the staging area, and then in postinstall doing a regex replace in the siteconfig.py to change the LFS path without triggering a recompile. Then when you ask python to import siteconfig it loads the byte-compiled pyc, which contains a compiled representation of the wrong path (in build/destrood/blah/blah/blah).

As a quick fix, just rm -f /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pyx/siteconfig.pyc ; I don't know macports so I can't say what you need to do to the postinstall phase to make it right; I guess delete the pyc file and trigger a recompilation.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

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