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Python XBMCPlugin Module not found - DirtyDan125 - 2014-05-05
Hi! I have been a XBMC user for sometime now and a beginning python programmer. I wanted to start developing an addon so I went to the XBMC wiki and downloaded the plugin tutorial (http://voinage-xbmc-plugins.googlecode.com/files/Plugin-tutorial.rar). I ran a script from the file and got an error saying no module named xbmcplugin. Any help?
RE: Python XBMCPlugin Module not found - Montellese - 2014-05-05
Moved into the Python Add-on Development forum.
RE: Python XBMCPlugin Module not found - Martijn - 2014-05-05
don't run python outside of xbmc
RE: Python XBMCPlugin Module not found - pkscout - 2014-05-07
As Martijn said, you need to run the add-on from within XBMC. XBMC has a separate python instance it uses that contains all the necessary XBMC related libraries. When you run the add-on from the command line, you're using the python instance of the computer, and that doesn't have all the libraries you need.