What do you think about posting your and Paul's installation information to the GRASS WIKI in the Python GUI section?
Michael On 8/5/07 12:17 PM, "Benjamin Ducke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, Glynn, Michael and all > > thanks for the hints, meanwhile I have figured out how to get > things working on my Gentoo Linux box and the glitches I faced > were pretty much the same you described. In case it will help > anyone in the future, here are my notes for an installation of > wxGRASS on Gentoo linux (or any other Linux distro from scratch, > I guess): > > *** > > wxGRASS on Linux with wxPython from scratch: > > This GUI is based completely on interpreted Python code. No compilation > is required. GUI libs used are wxPython: > > http://www.wxpython.org/ > > ... this includes a copy of the basic wxWindows widgets with the same > version number as the wxPython distribution. So no need to install > wxWindows/wxWdigets separately. > > Problem: can create a real mess because there seem to be some steps > that assume that a unicode build has been made and other that assume > a plain ANSI build! If the two get mixed up, compilation will fail > at some point complaining about missing include files in wx/ because > the configure script is not pointing to the right build directory. > > Solution: create a UNICODE build and make sure there is nothing lying > around that still points to an ANSI build. > > Step ONE: build main wxWidgets libs (will be done in subdirectory 'bld' > in main > wxPython sources dir). > > extract archive to $WXDIR, configure (NOTE: change --prefix= to wherever > your Python stuff and system libs are globally installed), build and > install: > > mkdir $WXDIR/bld > cd $WXDIR/bld > ../configure --prefix=/usr --with-gtk --without-gnomeprint --with-opengl > --enable-geometry --enable-graphics_ctx --enable-sound --with-sdl > --enable-mediactrl --enable-display --enable-optimize --enable-unicode > make > sudo make install > exit > > (NOTE: I disabled gnomeprint on my system, because it kept dumping > a stupid "IPP" related error message on my console; you might want > to set other options to better suit your system) > > Now we need to make some contributed extensions. These are skipped by > the main Makefile but will likely be needed later. Make sure you are in > the 'bld' subdirectory. > > cd contrib > make > sudo make install > exit > > This should have taken care to install all headers and libaries in > the system-wide locations. Confirm that all is working by doing: > > wx-config --version > > and > > wx-config --list > > The version displayed by the first command needs to be the same as that > of the wxPython you are installing. If not, there is an old version of > wxWidgets floating around that you should deinstall (note: wx 2.8 has > wx 2.6 compatibility enabled by default). > > The second command should list just one wx configuration, namely the > current UNICODE build. If it shows more, there are other builds in > /usr/lib/wx/config and /usr/lib/wx/include. You may want to delete these. > > Step TWO: create and install system-wide Python bindings for wx. > > The Python extensions have to be made with superuser rights for a > system-wide install: > > cd $WXDIR/wxPython > sudo python setup.py install > > NOTE: setup.py is a little bit dumb. It assumes that you are doing a > unicode build and that the extensions from the 'contrib' dir have been > installed. If you followed the above instructions precisely, all should > work. If not, you will get errors about missing includes in wx/ sooner > or later. In that case, consult $WXDIR/docs/BUILD.txt for information on > how to swith off dependencies. > > *** > > Paul Kelly wrote: >> On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, Benjamin Ducke wrote: >> >>> This looks great and I have been wanting to try wxGRASS for some time >>> now, however on my Gentoo linux system I have actually never been able >>> to get wxPython to run. >> >> I got it installed and working on Slackware 12.0 a couple of weeks ago. >> Some info below. >> >>> Maybe someone could help me clarify some issues. >>> >>> 1. I don't understand the relation between wxWindows, wxWidgets and >>> wxPython. The wxWidgets site claims to have GUI libs with python >>> support. If I install them, I get libs, header files and a config >>> script called wx-config. That's OK. But why does the wxPython distro >>> install those same files again? It also comes with a config script >>> called wx-config and installs headers and include files in the same >>> location as wxWidgets, even with the same names and same version >>> numbers. I am confused ... >> >> You just need to download the large 25MB or so file from wxPython and >> all the other stuff comes with it. I suppose it gets complicated if you >> have a different version of Wxwindows/wxwidgets installed already. >> Luckily I was doing a clean installation. >> >>> 2. The build and install instructions for wxPythons are a mess. >>> From those two documents, I just can't seem to figure out how to >>> make a global build and install from source. I manage to compile >> >> I agree they are far more complicated than necessary. Seems like very >> minimal effort has been put into making compilation and installation of >> the package simple. FWIW, here are my (simplified) instructions which >> worked for me: >> >> Download combined Wxwidgets/Wxpython package from Wxpython website >> (approx. 25MB) >> Untar and cd into WxwidgetsDir >> mkdir bld >> cd bld >> ../configure --enable-optimise --with-opengl >> (If you don't enable OpenGL you get problems with the wxPython install >> later >> as it seems to assume OpenGL is enabled...) >> make >> make -C contrib/src/gizmos >> make -C contrib/src/stc >> sudo make install >> sudo make -C contrib/src/gizmos install >> sudo make -C contrib/src/stc install >> cd ../wxPython >> Edit config.py to say WX_CONFIG = "wx-config" or else warnings about having >> only one config environment seem to confuse the next bit >> sudo python setup.py install >> >> and that was it. Hope it is useful to someone - meant to post it earlier >> but forgot, sorry. >> >> Paul >> >> >> > > __________________________________________ Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology Director of Graduate Studies School of Human Evolution & Social Change Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Arizona State University phone: 480-965-6213 fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
