[Visualpython-users] building visual 5 on mac with Enthought Python distribution

[James M. <mu...@pi...>]

I succeeded in building the visual 5 module using the python and numpy  
that came with the Enthought Python Distribution.  In addition to  
following the well written instruction in CVS, the only thing I had to  
do was modify the makefile to point to where the Enthought python and  
numpy were installed.

I added one line to the makefile

PYTHON_DIST = 4.0.30002

and modified two lines

PYTHON_FRAMEWORK = /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/$ 
(PYTHON_VERSION)/
became
PYTHON_FRAMEWORK = /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/$ 
(PYTHON_DIST)/
all other places in the makefile, PYTHON_VERSION was left untouched.

and
        -I$(SITE_PACKAGES)numpy/core/include \
became
        -I$(SITE_PACKAGES)numpy-1.1.1.0001-py2.5-macosx-10.3-fat.egg/ 
numpy/core/include \

I could probably do this better by adding a variable at the top to  
hold the numpy location, but I'll wait until I do this again for that.

It took about an hour to find out which lines needed to be changed,  
but all in all, this is A LOT easier than the horror stories I heard  
about people trying to build visual 3 on the mac.  I hope building on  
windows will be this easy.

-Jim Mueller