[Pypedal-devel] Installing PyPedal on Debian + some minor issues

[Gregor G. <gre...@bf...>]

Hi!

I have taken some time to try your PyPedal package, which I find
awesome! I am trying to install it on my Debian GNU/Linux box. I have
some problems, but I think they might be related to system specific
stuff. I will report you the whole procedure for Debian as it is very
handy with its "apt" approach.

I also did read some of the files in PyPedal folder after extracting. I
noticed some small inconsistencies. Nothing spectacular, but I thought I
might contribute something back, given that you give us whole package
for free.

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Statement in README.txt

<stolen from FLTK README>Contrary to popular
belief, it can be used in commercial software! (Even Bill Gates
could use it.) </stolen from FLTK README>

is not all there it is to it. If you use GPL then commercial software
can use your code only if they give their source. You need to use LGPL
for what FLTK readme is referring to. I notice that LGPL is actually
specified in setup.py and PKG_INFO files. I guess that README.txt i.e.
licence stuff and whole COPYRIGHT section needs revision.

* Expand copyright range in README.txt from 2001-2005 to 2001-2007.

* Use this text for COPYRIGHT section if LGPL is the right licence

This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.

This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA You can also
download it from http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html in HTML and from
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.txt in plain text format.

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* Why are pyparsing and ReportLab commented out in setup.py?

* setup.py is referring to COPYING file, but there is no such file.

* Now I see the source of my problem with installation. It is the use of
setuptools. I might be totally wrong here as this is my first excursion
to Python, but I guess that setuptools is also needed and you might add
this info to the manual.

When I have setuptools installed as a debian package I issued

# python setup.py install
running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
writing requirements to PyPedal.egg-info/requires.txt
writing PyPedal.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing top-level names to PyPedal.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing dependency_links to PyPedal.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
reading manifest file 'PyPedal.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
writing manifest file 'PyPedal.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
installing library code to build/bdist.linux-i686/egg
running install_lib
warning: install_lib: 'build/lib' does not exist -- no Python modules to
install
creating build
creating build/bdist.linux-i686
creating build/bdist.linux-i686/egg
creating build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
copying PyPedal.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
copying PyPedal.egg-info/SOURCES.txt -> build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
copying PyPedal.egg-info/dependency_links.txt ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
copying PyPedal.egg-info/requires.txt -> build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
copying PyPedal.egg-info/top_level.txt ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
creating dist
creating 'dist/PyPedal-2.0.0b21-py2.4.egg' and adding
'build/bdist.linux-i686/egg' to it
removing 'build/bdist.linux-i686/egg' (and everything under it)
Processing PyPedal-2.0.0b21-py2.4.egg
Copying PyPedal-2.0.0b21-py2.4.egg to /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages
Adding PyPedal 2.0.0b21 to easy-install.pth file

Installed /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/PyPedal-2.0.0b21-py2.4.egg

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Log continues, but I can see PyPedal was installed! But why does the
install continue (see bellow) with other dependencies? I have installed
them before PyPedal; all of them and with versions that conform with
conditions given in setup.py!

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Processing dependencies for PyPedal==2.0.0b21
Searching for testoob>=0.4
Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/testoob/
Reading http://testoob.sourceforge.net
Reading http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=138557
Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/testoob/1.13
Best match: testoob 1.13
Downloading
http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/2.4/t/testoob/testoob-1.13-py2.4.egg#md5=6f3dd5eb45652e45a149790af37c6118
Processing testoob-1.13-py2.4.egg
creating /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/testoob-1.13-py2.4.egg
Extracting testoob-1.13-py2.4.egg to /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages
Adding testoob 1.13 to easy-install.pth file
Installing testoob script to /usr/bin

Installed /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/testoob-1.13-py2.4.egg
Searching for pysqlite>=2.0.6
Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/pysqlite/
Reading http://pysqlite.org/
Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/pysqlite/2.3.3
Best match: pysqlite 2.3.3
Downloading
http://initd.org/pub/software/pysqlite/releases/2.3/2.3.3/pysqlite-2.3.3.tar.gz
Processing pysqlite-2.3.3.tar.gz
Running pysqlite-2.3.3/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir
/tmp/easy_install-3xpM20/pysqlite-2.3.3/egg-dist-tmp-nZUUnL
warning: no files found matching 'doc/*.html'
In file included from src/module.c:24:
src/connection.h:33:21: error: sqlite3.h: No such file or directory
In file included from src/module.c:24:
src/connection.h:38: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before
‘sqlite3’
In file included from src/module.c:25:
src/statement.h:37: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before
‘sqlite3’
src/module.c: In function ‘module_complete’:
src/module.c:91: warning: implicit declaration of function
‘sqlite3_complete’
src/module.c: At top level:
src/module.c:214: error: ‘SQLITE_OK’ undeclared here (not in a function)
src/module.c:215: error: ‘SQLITE_DENY’ undeclared here (not in a function)
src/module.c:216: error: ‘SQLITE_IGNORE’ undeclared here (not in a function)
src/module.c:217: error: ‘SQLITE_CREATE_INDEX’ undeclared here (not in a
function)
src/module.c:218: error: ‘SQLITE_CREATE_TABLE’ undeclared here (not in a
function)
src/module.c:219: error: ‘SQLITE_CREATE_TEMP_INDEX’ undeclared here (not
in a function)
src/module.c:220: error: ‘SQLITE_CREATE_TEMP_TABLE’ undeclared here (not
in a function)
src/module.c:221: error: ‘SQLITE_CREATE_TEMP_TRIGGER’ undeclared here
(not in a function)
src/module.c:222: error: ‘SQLITE_CREATE_TEMP_VIEW’ undeclared here (not
in a function)
src/module.c:223: error: ‘SQLITE_CREATE_TRIGGER’ undeclared here (not in
a function)
src/module.c:224: error: ‘SQLITE_CREATE_VIEW’ undeclared here (not in a
function)
src/module.c:225: error: ‘SQLITE_DELETE’ undeclared here (not in a function)
src/module.c:226: error: ‘SQLITE_DROP_INDEX’ undeclared here (not in a
function)
src/module.c:227: error: ‘SQLITE_DROP_TABLE’ undeclared here (not in a
function)
src/module.c:228: error: ‘SQLITE_DROP_TEMP_INDEX’ undeclared here (not
in a function)
src/module.c:229: error: ‘SQLITE_DROP_TEMP_TABLE’ undeclared here (not
in a function)
src/module.c:230: error: ‘SQLITE_DROP_TEMP_TRIGGER’ undeclared here (not
in a function)
src/module.c:231: error: ‘SQLITE_DROP_TEMP_VIEW’ undeclared here (not in
a function)
src/module.c:232: error: ‘SQLITE_DROP_TRIGGER’ undeclared here (not in a
function)
src/module.c:233: error: ‘SQLITE_DROP_VIEW’ undeclared here (not in a
function)
src/module.c:234: error: ‘SQLITE_INSERT’ undeclared here (not in a function)
src/module.c:235: error: ‘SQLITE_PRAGMA’ undeclared here (not in a function)
src/module.c:236: error: ‘SQLITE_READ’ undeclared here (not in a function)
src/module.c:237: error: ‘SQLITE_SELECT’ undeclared here (not in a function)
src/module.c:238: error: ‘SQLITE_TRANSACTION’ undeclared here (not in a
function)
src/module.c:239: error: ‘SQLITE_UPDATE’ undeclared here (not in a function)
src/module.c:240: error: ‘SQLITE_ATTACH’ undeclared here (not in a function)
src/module.c:241: error: ‘SQLITE_DETACH’ undeclared here (not in a function)
src/module.c: In function ‘init_sqlite’:
src/module.c:368: warning: implicit declaration of function
‘sqlite3_libversion’
src/module.c:368: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘PyString_FromString’
makes pointer from integer without a cast
error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit
status 1

-- 
Lep pozdrav / With regards,
    Gregor Gorjanc
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