Re: [Pythoncard-users] installing on Fedora Core 3

[Andy T. <an...@ha...>]

Roan Embrechts wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm a new would-be user of Pythoncard, I found it while looking for a 
> modern day open source variant of hypercard.
> 
> Unfortunately I have not been able to install it on my fedora core 3 
> linux box. I'm not a great linux expert, but I know my way around a 
> little. I'm pretty sure it's wxpython that gives problems. I have 
> written down my installation attempts as a sort of how to install guide, 
> except it doesn't work. Here it is, I hope someone can help out, or this 
> provides at least a starting point for other fedora users...
> 
> Roan
> 
> =====================================================
> Friday, March 11th, 2005
> I will try to install Pythoncard on Fedora Core 3 Linux.
> 
> The page
> http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/linux_installation.html
> explains the install for mandrake and debian, maybe I learn something 
> for fedora too.
> 
> First I check wether python is installed:
> 
> $ python
> Python 2.3.4 (#1, Feb  2 2005, 12:11:53)
> [GCC 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>  >>> (Type Ctrl-D here to exit)
> 
> and this is so. Good, we're almost done :-)
> (if you don't have python installed, use your package manager to do so)
> 
> My python version is 2.3.something so I download
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPythonGTK-py2.3-2.5.1.5-1.i386.rpm 
> 
> as advised in the linux_installation.html text.
> 
[snip]

You are right, the linux installation instructions are a bit out of 
date. I'll update them and update the web site.

If I were you I'd stick to the binaries though, unlesss you really know 
your way around your system.

First, the installation of wxPython. Checking the distribution page [1] 
there are binary RPMs of wxPython 2.5.4.1 for Python 2.3 and 2.4 on 
Fedora Core 2, which I presume will work with Fedora Core 3.

Once these are installed check everything is working by starting your 
Python interpreter and typing;

 >>> import wx

If there are no error messages then you should be O.K. I'd then follow 
the existing instructions on the web page to download and install the 
PythonCard RPM. Let us know how this goes.

[1] http://www.wxpython.org/download.php#binaries

Regards,
Andy
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