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

[Felix N. <f.n...@nd...>]

hi,

Hassan Aurag <au...@cr...> writes:
> > 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

no, I think (as you point out below) that it's related to my
python-installation

> > 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.

no clue what you talk about, but I assume this is it
 
> > 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?

1.5.2 from www.python.org
 
> > 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.

I'm not asking you to actually test it - just provide the necessary
information to build it from source:
 
> > 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 see ;-)
 
> > * 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.

I think this "ps" thing - although it's not critical at all - should
be fixed, because as you can see it is deprecated. But I don't think you
have to move to another module - maybe just tell the maintainer
to change this ?
 
> > 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

this may be specific to my system
 
> > 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

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Felix Natter