Ok, looks like I found a solution: svn co http://svn.whoosh.ca/projects/whoosh/trunk/ whoosh cd whoosh sudo python setup.py install
The site here suggests a patch but I think it's not up to date anymore: http://haystacksearch.org/docs/installing_engines.html On Oct 28, 4:10 pm, nausikaa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there > > I've been trying to use haystack with the whoosh backend in my django > app. > I've installed whoosh and haystack using > pip install Whoosh > pip install django-haystack > > Then I added 'haystack' to my INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py and when > trying to run > python manage.py runserver it would say > > ... > File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/haystack/backends/ > whoosh_backend.py", line 27, in <module> > raise MissingDependency("The 'whoosh' backend requires the > installation of 'Whoosh'. Please refer to the documentation.") > haystack.exceptions.MissingDependency: The 'whoosh' backend requires > the installation of 'Whoosh'. Please refer to the documentation. > > Then I removed 'haystack' from setttings.py and did > python manage.py shell>>> for p in sys.path: print p > > ... > /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/Whoosh-0.1.4-py2.6.egg > ... > > So, whoosh seems to be on the path, even tho haystack complains. > I've googled for this, but it looks as if I'm the only one having this > problem, therefore I assume > I am missing something obvious. > Can anyone help me please? > I'm using Django 1.1, Python 2.6 on a Mac OS 10.6.1, > Thanks for any help! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

