Re: [PyWrapper-devel] Libraries distribution in PyWrapper

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Javi,
you are perfectly right. its getting horrible.
Actually Ive already bundled a library with pywrapper. Everything under =
lib which is not biocase/ is external stuff.
So we should go through the required libs and if they do not need to be =
compiled, so if they are pure python, we can simply add them to our lib =
folder!

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> 1)PyXML
> 2)mxDateTime
> 3)CherryPy
need to be compiled for sure

with
> 4)elementtree
> 5)kid
and your additional ones we need to check.
SOAPpy for example I think is pure python.


In case users have these libraries installed in their system, we might =
get into trouble.
But if we make sure (which I think is the case already!) that our lib =
path comes before the regular system lib path in sys.path, then our libs =
will be imported.

For example:
http://search.biocase.org/tapir/configtool/environment

shows our loib folder before the others:
['/home/biocase/tapir/lib/biocase/..', '/home/biocase/tapir/lib', =
'/home/biocase/tapir/webapp', '/usr/lib/python24.zip', =
'/usr/lib/python2.4', '/usr/lib/python2.4/plat-linux2', =
'/usr/lib/python2.4/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload', =
'/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages', =
'/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages', =
'/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6a7-py2.4.egg', =
'/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/kid-0.9-py2.4.egg', =
'/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/wsgiref-0.0.1-py2.4.egg']


For the compiled libs I would suggest:

1) create a compiled version for windows
2) include the source installers in our package, so people dont have to =
go and look for the right version.


With mx.DateTime we need to get in touch with eGenix. I know they dont =
like the idea in general (they've been contacting me during biocase =
times). But if we dont use the entire mxEgenixBase package, but only =
mxDateTime, they might be OK. it comes with linux distributions anyways.

Does this work for you?

-- Markus
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> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 2. August 2006 12:24
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> Betreff: [PyWrapper-devel] Libraries distribution in PyWrapper
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> Hi,
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> I was wondering if we could change a bit our strategy for=20
> deploying PyWrapper. Right now to install it you have to install:
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> 1)PyXML
> 2)mxDateTime
> 3)CherryPy
> 4)elementtree
> 5)kid
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> Then you probably will also need:
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> 6) libxml2
> 7) a database module
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> and finally if you want BioMOBY support now I will also be requiring:
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> 8) fpconst
> 9) SOAPpy
> 10) BioMOBY Python
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> This is getting a little bit horrible to install. I think=20
> most of these libraries, I think actually all, can be legally=20
> redistributed with other software so I was wondering if we=20
> could not embed everything into PyWrapper.
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> Well, I know there are some problems. Some of these libraries=20
> need to be compiled in unix and therefore installation is=20
> needed. But in Windows we might be able to distribute them=20
> already compiled. In the case of unix we can at least include=20
> them in the package and provide an installer that install all=20
> of them into our external_lib directory.
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> We can have something like /lib/external_lib folder where we=20
> include all this stuff. Do you know what happens if we=20
> install a certain version of a library there and the user has=20
> already the same library installed on his python? Which one=20
> will take preference?
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> And there is still the open issue of which library to use for xslt...
> we are not happy with none of them and they are all difficult=20
> to install in mac os x. Any ideas?
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> Cheers.
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