Sure, if you would like to post my instructions: go ahead and do it. I have no idea about Wikis and how they work (or how the heck you are supossed to find a piece of information on one of them) ...
Ben > 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
