Re: [Visualpython-users] Ubuntu Intrepid version for VPython 5.0rc1

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

Thanks for the helpful info.

I too find the sourceforge interface rather opaque, but here's where to 
find other versions of threadpool:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=158064&package_id=176982

Inside the package, the file CHANGE_LOG shows what Boost it's for.

As for dependencies, in the VPython package the file INSTALL.txt 
attempts to list all of them.

Bruce Sherwood

Guy K. Kloss wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have just undergone compiling VPython for my Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) 32 bit 
> system. For my own sanity and convenience I have created a Debian package for 
> it using checkinstall. So it's just a dirty fix, with no dependency tracking, 
> etc. ... but it does help already quite a bit for myself.
>
> What made the build particularly bad is libthreadpool, which is only offered 
> in version 0.2.5 for download. So it took a bit of searching paired with trial 
> and error until I could build VPython on my system with the shipped boost 
> libraries (1.34.1). If you wanna use it, make sure you install dependent 
> packages yourself, as this package won't help you on this one. I know off the 
> top of my head that the packages libgtkglextmm-x11-1.2 and libglademm-2.4-1c2a 
> are required (besides the obvious of Python, boost, etc.)
>
> If anybody is interested, it can be found here:
>
> https://gutefee.massey.ac.nz/moin/Python/3D
>
> Guy
>
>