[sage-support] Re: Qhull package installation fail

2011-04-06 Thread Marshall Hampton
Hi Alex, I created the optional package with the goal of eventually enabling it as a backend for computing numerical Polyhedron objects. Currently we use cddlib, transitioning to the Parma Polyhedra Library (PPL). Both cddlib and PPL are more focused on exact computations, and I think Qhull will

[sage-support] Re: Qhull package installation fail

2011-04-06 Thread Alex Raichev
Hi Doug: Qhull installs no problem on my Mac desktop. So maybe it is some gcc weirdness that prevents me from installing it on my laptop. I'll try your suggested code on my laptop tonight. Now that i have Qhull, um, how do i use it within Sage? Can somebody point me to the documentation? I po

[sage-support] Re: Qhull package installation fail

2011-04-06 Thread Marshall Hampton
Yes, but its built as a shared library and doesn't copy over the basic executables, so it might not be convenient for some uses. Its inclusion does mean that we can write an interface to the shared library and then the optional package would be obsolete. -Marshall On Apr 5, 7:58 pm, kcrisman wr

[sage-support] Re: Qhull package installation fail

2011-04-05 Thread kcrisman
I believe Qhull is in the new Scipy? - kcrisman -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: h