Re: [Gramps-devel] Help - non-XML databases

[Don A. <dal...@us...>]

On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 22:30, Jeffrey C. Ollie wrote:
> Using ZODB sounds wonderful, and even seems like the 'right thing' to
> do.  Unfortunately ZODB (or at least StandaloneZODB 1.0) requires
> Python 2.X.  Since I'm more or less stuck with RedHat Linux that means
> that I'm more or less stuck with Python 1.5.2.

Don't worry. I run RH7.2 as well. However, GNOME 2.0 will require python
2.2. Also, ZODB will not be required. If it is detected on your system,
you will have the option of choosing XML or ZODB (and if you choose
ZODB, you will always have the option of reading and writing XML as
well)

And at the rate I'm moving with it, even RH will have switched to python
2 before I have it ready (Which is why I'm looking for some help).

> Argh!  The agony...  I don't really know what to do.  Has anyone
> attempted to get the packages that GRAMPS requires compiled and
> installed for Python 2.X on RedHat 7.2?

I've successfully done this. Its actually not too bad. Most
distributions already support python 2.1 or higher, and even RedHat has
2.1 in the distribution (its just not installed by default, but will
install along side python 1.5.2). The XML routines should be standard in
2.X, so you don't need PyXML.

The biggest thing is compiling gnome-python, which isn't all that bad.
Just download the source, untar it, and run configure, make, make
install.

If you are running RH7.2, you will need to make sure python2.1 is
installed first, then do the following:

PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2.1 ./configure
make
make install

I've had a bit of problems with library loading with compiling GNOME
from source, so you may need to set a few environment variables to make
sure that dynamic libraries are loaded properly. If you have problems,
let me know, and I'll find the LD_PRELOAD setting you need.

Don

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