[Visualpython-users] installing on Ubuntu 8.04

[Matthew K. G. <mk...@cs...>]

I'm trying to build the most recent vpython on an Ubuntu 8.04 linux machine.
I ran ./configure with no problems, but I get the following compilation
errors when I run "make". I'm using g++ 4.2.4. Any help would be much
appreciated...

In file included from ./core/util/displaylist.cpp:6:
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:4:29: warning: boost/signals.hpp: No such file
or directory
In file included from ./core/util/displaylist.cpp:6:
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:27: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of
‘signal’ with no type
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:27: error: invalid use of ‘::’
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:27: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘<’ token
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:28: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of
‘signal’ with no type
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:28: error: invalid use of ‘::’
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:28: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘<’ token
../include/util/gl_free.hpp: In member function ‘void
cvisual::gl_free_manager::connect(T)’:
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:13: error: there are no arguments to
‘on_shutdown’ that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration of
‘on_shutdown’ must be available
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:13: error: (if you use ‘-fpermissive’, G++ will
accept your code, but allowing the use of an undeclared name is deprecated)
../include/util/gl_free.hpp: In member function ‘void
cvisual::gl_free_manager::free(T)’:
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:18: error: there are no arguments to
‘on_next_frame’ that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration of
‘on_next_frame’ must be available
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:18: error: there are no arguments to
‘on_shutdown’ that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration of
‘on_shutdown’ must be available
../include/util/gl_free.hpp: In member function ‘void
cvisual::gl_free_manager::connect(T) [with T = boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void
(*)(unsigned int), boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value<unsigned int> > >]’:
./core/util/displaylist.cpp:28:   instantiated from here
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:13: error: ‘on_shutdown’ was not declared in
this scope
../include/util/gl_free.hpp: In member function ‘void
cvisual::gl_free_manager::free(T) [with T = boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void
(*)(unsigned int), boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value<unsigned int> > >]’:
./core/util/displaylist.cpp:33:   instantiated from here
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:18: error: ‘on_next_frame’ was not declared in
this scope
../include/util/gl_free.hpp:18: error: ‘on_shutdown’ was not declared in
this scope