Re: [Gmath-devel] install fails, more installation instructions

[Hassan A. <au...@cr...>]

 Ok,

here is my take at those bugs

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On 3/11/00, 5:23:07 PM, Felix Natter <f.n...@nd...> wrote regarding 
[Gmath-devel] install fails, more installation instructions:


> hi,
> - when running ./INSTALL (as root):
> mkdir fails (directory does not exist)

 Is this the gnome dir? My default is /usr/share/gnome, but anyway I 
fixed this in CVS so you can enter gnome dirs yourself

> and so on
> it creates a file at /usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages
 This means your site.sitedirs[0] does not exist even though python 
has it in its array of site directories. I am trying to get the first 
site-dir and it seems to fail. I will try to solve this.

> which contains "GMatH" (probably some problems in a shell command ?)
> if I then remove this file and create the GMatH-directory manually,
> everything works fine, except that in a numerical-python -session, 
python
> can't find a module called "readline".

 This is not normal at all, the readline module is a standard module 
in python. What is your python's package version? What distro do you 
use?

> When I first took a closer look at gmath, I didn't install it because 
it
> required numerical python (which I figured would require me to install 
some
> weird packages; and when I felt up to it, I couldn't find a link). So 
I
> think you need to make it easier for someone who is not actively using
> python to install all these:

 Agreed, I am trying to figure out an intelligent way. The problem is 
that I use rpms and RedHat but you might not. 

 It is also difficult to coordinate with all package managers so that 
I am sure http://foo.bar has got the latest package always.

 I need something like Helix Code updater, and this means putting the 
packages on my site and make you go get it.

 In any case, I will be making it simpler for RedHat users soon. For 
others, I will need help from those who use it since I can't really 
afford to have 10 machines with ten distros or one huge machine with 
Vmware and all distros.


> installation instructions:
> * get python-1.52 from www.python.org and compile with --with-thread
> * get gtkpy from www.gtk.org->python binding and install it
> * get gnome-python from a gnome-mirror and install it
> * get numerical-python (either RPM-packages or from 
numpy.sourceforge.net)
>         * get distutils before that
> (the numerical-python-RPM's didn't work for me (my path to python is
> /usr/local/lib/python1.5/); though maybe this is my fault)
> * install gmath ;-)

> BTW:
> * the help-windows are too small horizontally (I didn't see this in
> screenshots, so this may be fixed)

 Nope, there is a small handle at bottom of window that does resizing. 
It separates Quick help from terminal

> * I get lots of warnings and errors, and in the case of the 
yacas-session,
> it crashes after starting (I do not have yacas installed).

 This will be changed into a try then bail if yacas not found. I tried 
this part only on my system.

> here's a session where I started a yacas session (but I am using the
> developer gnome, so it may be because of that ..?)
> felix@mybaby:~ > gmath

> Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 3864 (gtk_widget_add_events): 
assertion `!GTK_WIDGET_NO_WINDOW (widget)' failed.

 This is a stupid bug that has been fixed in CVS

 Ok the rest here is about ps. I am using a ps that might not be 
yours. I have been unable to find a good resource tracking module in 
python. The normal "resource" module is cryptic and does not work for 
children processes. Anyway, I will disable this if it screws your 
system.

> GnomeUI-WARNING **: Could not open help topics file NULL

 This is easy, it is related to the fact that your gnome help files 
were not where I expected them. It should now be fixed in CVS

> warning: `-' deprecated; use `ps o', not `ps -o'
> unrecognized option or trailing garbage
> usage:  ps acehjlnrsSuvwx{t<tty>|#|O[-]u[-]U..} \
>            --sort:[-]key1,[-]key2,...
>            --help gives you this message
>            --version prints version information
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages/GMatH/GMatH", line 56, 
in getmemusage
>     childmemusage = float(tmp[0])
> IndexError: list index out of range
> Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x571)!
> Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x5a9)!
> Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x5cb)!
> Gdk-ERROR **: BadPixmap (invalid Pixmap parameter)
>   serial 1934 error_code 4 request_code 54 minor_code 0
> Gdk-ERROR **: BadIDChoice (invalid resource ID chosen for this 
connection)
>   serial 1941 error_code 14 request_code 53 minor_code 0

> --
> Felix Natter




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