Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] Failure to build on Linux

[Mike C. F. <mcf...@ro...>]

Richard Jones wrote:

>I just tried to build 2.0.1.07 on Linux (Mandrake 9.1) against python 2.3.2. 
>Used the standard "python setup.py install". It appeared to build OK, but any 
>attempt to use it breaks:
>  
>
...

>The contents of OpenGL/GL/ are:
>
>_3DFX/     EXT/             IBM/           INTEL/  PGI/   SGIX/
>APPLE/     GL__init__.py    INGR/          KTX/    REND/  SUN/
>ARB/       GL__init__.pyc   __init__.py    MESA/   S3/    SUNX/
>ATI/       GL__init___.so*  __init__.pyc   NV/     SGI/   WIN/
>Autodesk/  HP/              __init___.so*  OML/    SGIS/
>  
>
Where are those __init___.so files coming from I wonder?  Possibly an 
old 2.0.0 installation?  2.0.1 should not have any __init___.so files, 
as they were renamed to GL__init___.so, GLU__init___.so and 
GLUT__init___.so .  I'd suggest nuking your sourcedirectory/build and 
installationdirectory/OpenGL directories and then re-building/re-installing.

>I renamed the GL__init___.so and __init___.so files to _GL__init__.so and 
>___init__.so respectively. I also edited OpenGL/__init__.py and 
>OpenGL/GL/__init__.py since they referred to the GL__init___ module. The 
>import of OpenGL.GL works now. Other imports break though ("from OpenGL.GLUT 
>import *" for example)
>  
>
Um, well, you'd have to do the same for GLU and GLUT as you did for GL.  
That's *not* recommended, as the new module naming is required to make 
certain packaging systems work properly, and will not be reversed any 
time soon.

Good luck,
Mike

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