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Old 03-01-2009, 02:56 PM   #1
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Error Message - can't add books
My newly installedCalibre returns this message every time I drag/drop or try to add books. Any ideas?
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David - Dallas
Intel iMac - OSX 10.5.6

zipimport: can not open file /downloads/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.6/site-packages.zip
Detailed traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/downloads/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py", line 655, in files_dropped
File "/downloads/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py", line 694, in _add_books
IOError: zipimport: can not open file /downloads/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.6/site-packages.zip
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Old 03-01-2009, 07:18 PM   #2
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In a terminal post the result of running

ls -l /downloads/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.6/site-packages.zip
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Old 03-02-2009, 12:00 AM   #3
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DLWs-MacBook-Pro-15:~ davidwatkins$ ls -l /downloads/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.6/site-packages.zip
ls: /downloads/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.6/site-packages.zip: No such file or directory
DLWs-MacBook-Pro-15:~ davidwatkins$
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Old 03-02-2009, 12:13 AM   #4
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Am I missing a file?
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Old 03-02-2009, 12:25 AM   #5
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Am I missing a file?
Either that or there was a build problem with the rev you have. Open up the .dmg and recopy the app to your applications folder.

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