Re: [cclib-users] Installation of cclib 1.0 requires user intervention on Ubuntu 10.04

[Noel O'B. <bao...@gm...>]

I think I must have made the release on Windows :-/

Regarding getting cclib into Debian, I suggest contacting Debichem as
they have already packaged GaussSum and will probably want to
coordinate on this.

- Noel

On 16 March 2011 09:41, Karol M. Langner <kar...@gm...> wrote:
> Wow, I'm surprised such a problem came up :)
>
> Thanks Noel for working on the new release. Maybe this is a good time
> to think about packaging cclib for Debian? I already make debs
> for my own use, so it is a question of getting it into the repository.
>
> - Karol
>
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 08:48:52PM -0600, Jim Parker wrote:
>> You're welcome.  Thank you for making the program...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> --Jim
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Noel O'Boyle <bao...@gm...> wrote:
>> > I just checked this myself, and I find the problem is even worse. I
>> > can't even cd into the cclib-1.0 folder after untarring the .tar.gz,
>> > due to permissions problems.
>> >
>> > Thanks for letting us know. I badly need to make a new release...
>> >
>> > - Noel
>> >
>> > On 27 February 2011 22:57, Jim Parker <jim...@gm...> wrote:
>> >> Noel,
>> >>  The permissions problem I'm having is that all files are installed
>> >> with 750 + setuid bit (or in symbols: rwxr-s--- ).  This occurs when I
>> >> use
>> >> $> sudo python setup.py install
>> >> or
>> >> $> sudo su root
>> >> #> python setup.py install
>> >>
>> >> Thus when I run as a user and attempt to import cclib, the file isn't found.
>> >>
>> >> I agree the sudo su root is unusual, but doing it that way, the
>> >> installer then placed all documents in the dist-packages directory
>> >> rather than splitting some into site-packages which is not a default
>> >> path.  Not a big issue as one can just add it as you mention to
>> >> .bashrc or other startup script.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> --Jim
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Noel O'Boyle <bao...@gm...> wrote:
>> >>> Hi Jim,
>> >>>
>> >>> We're just using the standard installer for Python packages.
>> >>>
>> >>> "sudo python setup.py install" was the correct way to install it.
>> >>> site-packages is the correct location, not dist-packages. The latter
>> >>> is a directly for packages from your distribution; the former for ones
>> >>> you install yourself. You should add site-packages to PYTHONPATH in
>> >>> your startup script (.bashrc or so), or complain to Ubuntu! :-)
>> >>>
>> >>> You didn't say what the permissions problem was exactly, but I expect
>> >>> that it results from use of "sudo su root", which looks like a very
>> >>> dangerous command. Just the regular "sudo" will do the trick.
>> >>>
>> >>> - Noel
>> >>>
>> >>> On 27 February 2011 21:12, Jim Parker <jim...@gm...> wrote:
>> >>>> This library looks to be very useful for me, and I'd like to thank the
>> >>>> developers.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I didn't see this in the archives and regret if it is a repeat of
>> >>>> another post, but the release version of cclib-1.0 will not install
>> >>>> correctly using the INSTALL notes on Ubuntu 10.04.  The user must
>> >>>> recursively change the permissions of the installed files.  Ideally,
>> >>>> the installer would do this and remove the group "staff" from the new
>> >>>> install.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> My steps.
>> >>>> 1.  Ensure python, python-dev, and numpy are installed per INSTALL directions
>> >>>> 2.  as user,
>> >>>> $> python setup.py build
>> >>>> 3.  change to root, and install
>> >>>> $> sudo su root
>> >>>> $> python setup.py install
>> >>>> Note: giving the command
>> >>>> $> sudo python setup.py install
>> >>>> will install to /usr/local/lib/pythonx.x/site-packages rather than
>> >>>> /usr/local/lib/pythonx.x/dist-packages.  The difference is that
>> >>>> dist-packages is loaded into PYTHONPATH by default in Ubuntu 10.04,
>> >>>> site-packages is not.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --Additional steps required beyond INSTALL directions.
>> >>>> 4. Fix permissions
>> >>>> $> cd /usr/local/lib/pythonx.x/
>> >>>> $> sudo chmod --recursive 755 *  (not best, but if you want you can
>> >>>> change the *.py files to 644)
>> >>>> 5. Remove "staff" group
>> >>>> $> sudo chgrp --recursive root *
>> >>>>
>> >>>> HTH some other new user.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Cheers,
>> >>>> --Jim
>> >>>>
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