Re: [OpenBabel-scripting] distributing python binaries with py2app

[Geoffrey H. <ge...@ge...>]

On Oct 28, 2007, at 1:55 PM, Adam Tenderholt wrote:

> dynamic file format modules to work correctly. Does anyone know where
> these should be copied?

As you might know, I cheat. I install everything Open Babel into /usr/ 
local much like on UNIX. This is even true for Avogadro,  
ChemSpotlight, iBabel, etc. It's arguably a decent solution -- several  
packages all use the same libopenbabel.dylib,

Alternatively, you can always tell Open Babel to look for dynamic file  
formats using BABEL_LIBDIR and BABEL_DATADIR environment variables.

On the Mac, you can create .mpkg files which have multiple install  
packages. See ChemSpotlight or Avogadro packages for an example. You  
can simply re-use my OpenBabel.pkg file. For those of us with OB  
already installed, it will discover it and not bother to re-install.

> way to compile openbabel so that only a couple of supported formats
> are included instead of everything? I really only need XYZ, PDB, and
> MOL.

The easiest way is to use dynamic modules and delete the ones you  
don't want. You can also hack the Makefile.am in src/formats and  
disable some.

Cheers,
-Geoff