Duncan Webb wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hello and a very good morning to all of you! >> >> I'm very new to linux and unix systems and also on installing or configuring >> software on it. I have an iBook G4 with Mac OS 10.4.11 running and wanted to >> install freevo on it. So i picked up the link http://doc.freevo.org/MacOSX >> and followed the instructions. I didn't receive any erros when I installed >> all of the needed ports - so I felt perfectly happy :) >> After that I downloaded lsdvd and also mmpython and compiled and >> installed it - like before I got no errors or warning messages. >> So I downloaded freevo 1.5.3 because that's the version the guy who's writing >> the wiki was talking about and did all the configurations and so on... >> >> But then when i wanted to start freevo for the first time I got the error >> "No module named utils". I checked the FAQ and found the following entry: >> http://doc.freevo.org/FAQ#head-bfb105a422fad351b6e4a3f66c16a963a2b1f5fd >> where it says that I should install Python XML. The problem is that I already >> did the install through "sudo port install py-xml" and that worked for me. >> At a complete guess you might need the development version of py-xml, it's probably called py-xml-devel. >> Next I found a post in some mailinglist or forum which said that I should >> downgrade to python 2.3. So I checked my python version with the command >> "python -V", and it says that I'm using python 2.3.5!? But when I look in >> the "/opt/local/bin" directory which is used for darwinport therer it says >> that the installed python version would be 2.4?!?! >> > > I've never used the MacOSX, so I can't help that much. > Me neither but I do have a mac mini around so if I find the time and motivation I'll give it a try. If you get it working make sure to let us know and also maybe update wiki with any needed info. > If your version of Python is 2.4 then you will need Freevo-1.5.4 as it > contains fixes for Python-2.4. > > The key to finding out what is going on with Freevo is to turn on > debugging by setting DEBUG=1 in local_conf.py and checking the logs. If > you make a directory /var/log/freevo then they will be there if not, > with 1.5 they will be in /tmp/freevo. > > The next thing to do is to type python and then try importing the > dependencies, eg: > # python > >>> import mmpython > This will report is there are any problems. > > >> So now I'm very confused and have no idea where I should start looking for >> any wrong depencies or errors! Some questions I would like to ask: >> >> >> 1. Where does darwinports install all the downloaded ports? >> 2. What version of python do I really use now (python -V says 2.3.5, >> /opt/local/bin says 2.4? >> 3. What's the recommended version for freevo 1.5.3 >> 4. Do I have any change to get freevo 1.8.0 running on Mac OS X 10.4.11? >> >> Many thanks for your answers and suggestions, your held is much appreciated! >> > > HTH > Duncan > John
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