RE: [Boa Constr] Installation

[Charlie D. <ch...@we...>]

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~ Can I install boa_constructor on Linux_Mandrake7.1 and how ?

It's not too hard.

If we assume nothing is installed by default that's correct on your system
(I don't have Mandrake, but it was relatively painless (and a good learning
experience) to install on redhat which i think is pretty similar), then
start by getting gtk+ and wxGTK from
ftp://wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/pub/linux/wxxt/source/ or one of the
mirrors mentioned on the wxWindows site.


It looks like there is an rpm for wxGTK, but not for gtk+,

that means to install gtk+, you'll need to do

tar xzvf gtk+<version-number>.tar.gz

and then cd into the directory created and look for a README file or INSTALL
file that tells you exactly what to do

The wxGTK should be a lot easier to install, simply do

rpm -i wxGTK<version-number>.rpm


After that works, you can go to http://wxpython.org/download.php and get the
wxPython rpm and install that as you did wxGTK.  Read the info under the "An
RPM for Linux and wxGTK*." heading across from the file you need to get.  If
Mandrake has python installed somewhere other than /usr/lib/python1.5, then
you'll need to read and follow the instructions in the second paragraph
there.

Now you should be ready to get boa from
http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net/Download

You'll need to do

unzip -a Boa-0.0.4.zip

(actually, the "-a" may be unnecessary, but it probably won't hurt)

then you can start gnome, cd into the directory you created by unzipping Boa
and when you can see the file Boa.py with an "ls" command, try

python Boa.py

You may have better luck if you copy that unzipped Boa directory into

/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages    (or the equivalent path depending on
where Mandrake installs python)

Good luck, and post with any specific problems you run into,
	~c

An RPM for Linux and wxGTK

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