s.morris@bangor.ac.uk writes:

Having installed a binary version of Zope I'm having some difficulty installing MySQLdb (so I can use . The python on the system can import MySQL but python installed with Zope cannot import the module.

What do I need to do to install MySQLdb module so that the python that was installed with Zope can see it? You need to learn something about PYTHONPATH (--> Python documentation):

Python uses the environment variable PYTHONPATH to initialize its package/module search path (maintained in "sys.path"). Its a colon separated list of directories (maybe ';' separated under Windows). Besides the directories mentioned in PYTHONPATH, Python adds some directories from its installation (which can be controlled by the environment variable PYTHONHOME; if not set, the path to the interpreter is used to derive the value; if no libraries are found there, default values are used). Zope's start script adds "lib/python" to "sys.path" such that usually packages/modules are found in "<Zopedir>/lib/python". Your options: * define/extend PYTHONPATH such that it can find the MySQLdb module before you start * use Zope with your (natively) installed Python rather than the included one. This would mean: change "start" to use your standard Python. * define PYTHONHOME to point to your native Python installation * make a link to the MySQLdb module in a place found by your Zope Python (i.e. in "<ZopeDir>/lib/python". * there are several mode ways, when you use INSTANCE_HOME, SOFTWARE_HOME variables (--> HowTo on Zope.org). You see, there are lots of ways.... already discussed and to be found in the mailing list archives... Dieter