Re: [PyWM-talk] Stuck with the install

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cga wrote:

> I'm trying to install pywm on debian sarge. I did an 'apt-get install
> flwm'.. created the /usr/local/lib/python.2.3.5/site-packages/flwm
> directory.. copied the flwm executable and the
> ~/pywm.0.1.1/src-python/* files to this directory.. set my .xinitrc
> file to exec pywm-run.. cd'd to the ~/pywm directory.. started X via
> startx from a console and I do get to the chooser alright but there's
> nothing to choose from. I'm probably missing something - regarding
> this 'pyrex' thing I would imagine.. but I don't know what. I've taken
> a  look at the launcher - pywm.py.. but since I am totally unfamiliar
> with Tk I haven't been able to figure out what the chooser should be
> displaying. I noticed that it did create the ~/.pywm directory but
> failed to populate it - iow .. it is empty..
>
> Please advise.
>
Well, I don't know wether you looked in the README and or the INSTALL
files (wich you should), but here are the parts that are applicable:

"
*** INSTALLING BINARY PACKAGE

 * There is no binary offered in this package (with the formerly
distributed binary,
   there's a version mismatch with current python, f.ex.), so building
   from source is encouraged. I'll gladly help, or might even
   send a binary if asked nicely=). If you'd like to try
   the old binary, it's in the original 0.1 release (caution: the
instructions below
   might not be correct).
...
"

So you do need libfltk1.1-dev and python-pyrex(this might not be enough,
we'll see), but you have no use for flwm(if you wan't a prebuilt binary,
that's not the place where to look for it).

"
...
If you have successfully [built and] installed FLTK, you
can log in as root and type:
   
    make install (or 'python setup.py build', and link to
    it by means of a site.py, etc)

If the make completes successfully, you will have:
 
  * The PYWM launcher utility, installed as
    /usr/bin/pywm-run.py
    This program pops up a window of available window
    manager scripts, as well as an xterm fallback
   
  * The directory 'pywm' installed in your Python
    site-packages directory. Note that within this pywm
    directory is a copy of the examples directory.
...
"

This should work, but tell me if the instructions aren't clear
enough(they aren't complete nor completely right, I have to work on that).