Re: [cgkit-user] Newbie installation questions ....

[Matthias B. <mat...@gm...>]

Roberto Brunelli wrote:
> I've  found  a  (small)  compilation  glitch and  a problem  after
> installation
> 
> 1. When compiling, I  add to add the -mt suffix  at the required boost
>    libraries  (the required  library without  the  -mt was  not in  the
>    system)

The setup script cannot determine the name of the Boost.Python library 
itself. The default name is just "boost_python" but if the lib has a 
different name on your system you have to set that name in your 
config.cfg file (variable BOOST_LIB).

>    Using the checkenv utility after installing tells me that
> [...]

This output looks fine. Only PyODE is missing but you really only need 
that once you want to do rigid body dynamics.

>    2. When I try to load a .3ds file
> 
>    TM_faces/3D_models> viewer.py -X -T -v Roby.3ds
> 
>    it fails with the following notification
> 
>       Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May  4 2007, 16:52:23)
>       [GCC 4.1.2]
>       Environment variable VIEWER_DEFAULT_OPTIONS not set.
>       0 joysticks available
>       SpaceMouse/SpaceBall module (spacedevice) not available
>       Loading "Roby.3ds"...
>       Traceback (most recent call last):
>         File "/usr/bin/viewer.py", line 667, in <module>
>           viewer.run()
>         File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/cgkit/tool.py", line 191, in run
>           load(filename)
>         File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/cgkit/cmds.py", line 926, in load
>           raise NoImporter('No import plugin found for extension "%s".'%ext)
>       cgkit.cmds.NoImporter: No import plugin found for extension "3ds".
> 
>    Inspection of available 3d(s) libraries shows that the following are in
>    place
> 
>    /usr/lib/lib3dkit.so@
>    /usr/lib/lib3dkit.so.1@
>    /usr/lib/lib3dkit.so.1.9.25*
>    /usr/lib/lib3ds-1.so.3@
>    /usr/lib/lib3ds-1.so.3.0.0*
>    /usr/lib/lib3ds.a
>    /usr/lib/lib3ds.la*
>    /usr/lib/lib3ds.so@

What does your config.cfg file look like? Did you enable 3ds support? 
(by default, every optional library is disabled, there is no automatic 
configuration that checks for the libs)
Have a look at the config_template.cfg file to see what variables you 
can set.

- Matthias -