Can't import obj in Python on OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard - libiconv.2.dylib?
Question: on OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard

    
    
    % python
    Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Feb 11 2010, 00:51:29) 
    [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> import objc
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "", line 1, in 
      File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/pyobjc_core-2.2-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/objc/__init__.py", line 22, in 
        _update()
      File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/pyobjc_core-2.2-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/objc/__init__.py", line 19, in _update
        import _objc
    ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/pyobjc_core-2.2-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/objc/_objc.so, 2): Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
      Referenced from: /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/pyobjc_core-2.2-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/objc/_objc.so
      Reason: Incompatible library version: _objc.so requires version 8.0.0 or later, but libiconv.2.dylib provides version 7.0.0
    >>> 
    

\-- what do I need to do?


Answer: First I'd try to temporary move `/Library/Python/2.6/site-
packages/pyobjc_core-2.2-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/` to somewhere else
and try the import statement again. This will enable the OS to import the
version of `objc` that came with the OS by default (this is in
`/System/Library`). By using the version in `/System/Library`, it works for
me:

    
    
    >>> import objc
    >>> print objc.__file__ 
    /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/PyObjC/objc/__init__.pyc
    

You might also consider moving `/opt/local/lib/libiconv.2.dylib` to somewhere
else. It looks outdated and OS X Snow Leopard has its own copy of
`libiconv.2.dylib` in `/usr/lib` IIRC.

