Re: [Visualpython-users] Error with forward and up

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

I'm wouldn't think that it's useful to pick up dependencies from Visual 3, which 
for Linux was based on the old GTK, not the current GTK+ on which Visual 5 is based.

But it seemed like he was able to build Visual 5; the problem was that it 
wouldn't run within the larger framework he was trying to use. Evidently he 
wasn't trying simply to run a VPython program (though now that I think of it, it 
would be useful to know whether a simple example program would run).

If the problem is the build itself, the thing to do is to study carefully the 
extensive notes in INSTALL.txt, which is included in the Linux tarball available 
at vpython.org.

Bruce Sherwood

Guy K. Kloss wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:06:07 alessandro wrote:
>> OK. So the only way is to use Visual 5? I need some help installing
>> Visual 5 on Ubuntu Hardy. I've tried to install the package made by Guy
>> K. Kloss here
>>
>> https://gutefee.massey.ac.nz/moin/Python/3D
>>
>> but when I use in my prog. it doesn't work.
> 
> I must say that I didn't extensively test the package for Hardy, and the 
> (former) Hardy box now is running Jaunty. So I can't go back and verify. But 
> the packages were installed using checkinstall, therefore no dependencies 
> should be listed inside the .deb package, and you're on your own installing 
> them.
> 
> What I would suggest is this:
> 
> * Install the python-visual 3 package (from your distribution) to pull in most
>   dependencies
> * remove that package again
> * install the new python-visual 5 package provided from my wiki (URL above)
> * run some samples
> 
> See if the samples will work. If not, check the error message(s) you may get 
> on the console to figure out what other package might be missing and needs 
> installing.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Guy
>