Re: [Visualpython-users] Help get python visual to work on OSX 10.6 with Python2.6.4!

[Steve S. <st...@sp...>]

My "snow leopard" just came in a couple days ago.. but of course now  
I'm starting a new semester and that has consumed most of my  
attention. Hopefully I'll get a chance to breathe soon and try a  
build on 10.6.

-steve

On Jan 10, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Bruce Sherwood wrote:

> As Lenore says, the easy way to get Visual 5 to work on the Mac is to
> follow the instructions on the Mac download page at vpython.org, which
> includes installing Mac Python 2.6.2 before installing Visual. Visual
> will definitely not work with some other Python.
>
> The only way I've ever been able to build Visual 5 from scratch on the
> Mac is by checking out the source files from CVS on sourceforge.net  
> and
> following the instructions in MAC-OSX.txt. I built for Mac Python  
> 2.6.2.
>
> Recently I attempted to build for Mac Python 2.6.4 but failed with a
> problem in the latest Boost libraries, which I reported here. Steve
> Spicklemire said he would look into the problem.
>
> Bruce Sherwood
>
> Lenore Horner wrote:
>> On Jan 9, 2010, at 21:31 , Nick Frisina wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Does anyone have this combination working "out of the box" so to
>>> speak??
>>> Is there tweaking involved?
>>>
>>> Long Story follows...
>>> thanks
>>> nickf
>>>
>>> =
>>> ==================================================================== 
>>> ==
>>> I have a  Mac OSX  10.6.2 Intel Core Duo:
>>> 10.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.2.0: Tue Nov  3 10:37:10 PST 2009;
>>> root:xnu-1486.2.11~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
>>>
>>> I have Python from darwinPorts:
>>> 2.6.4
>>> (I also have 2.5 and 2.3, but I have code that I have tested so it
>>> points to
>>> the latest version by default))
>>>
>>> After a successful vpython install from
>>> http://vpython.org/contents/download_mac.html
>>>
>>> When I try to run any Python Visual code, I get the message:
>>> site-packages/visual/cvisual.so: mach-o, but wrong architecture
>>>
>>> This seems to be to be an error of a 32 bit shared object, whereas I
>>> believe I want a 64 bit shared object.
>>> file shows:
>>> /site-packages/visual/cvisual.so: Mach-O bundle i386
>>> whereas  I believe I need:
>>> 	Mach-O 64-bit bundle x86_64
>>>
>>  From the MacPorts side, this looks like you need to build
>> +universal?? (I'm not an expert, you might try asking there.)
>>
>>> I have started looking for the source to cvisual.so....but so far
>>> unsuccessful.
>>> The closest source I have found is cvisualmodule.cpp
>>> in the visual-5.12_release of the source .... but I am not convinced
>>> that is correct.
>>>
>>> I have installed all pre-requisites for VisualPython including
>>> "boost", GTK2, GTKMM, etc again from DarwinPorts.
>>>
>> You should be using MacPorts (http://www.macports.org/ which has an
>> active and helpful user list), not DarwinPorts (somewhere there's a
>> web page explaining the history, but the upshot is that MacPorts is
>> where the work is being done and where the answers are available).
>>
>>
>>> So I am ready....
>>>
>>> BUT after a successful configure, I get to the "make" stage...which
>>> mostly succeeds TILL I get an error:
>>>
>>> Compiling ./python/arrayprim.cpp ...
>>> make[1]: *** [arrayprim.lo] Error 1
>>> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>>>
>>> It is the same error reported in Nov 2009 by:
>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/pyt...@py.../msg267326.html
>>>
>>> (Coincidently this is the 1st directory that includes "boost" if
>>> that helps ....)
>>>
>>> Has anyone solved this problem?
>>>
>> You're brave.  I tried to use my MacPorts python rather than
>> installing the recommended MacPython and gave up pretty quickly.
>> Vpython pages say there are special bits in MacPython (my words)
>> necessary for VPython but I don't think they say what the special  
>> bits
>> are.
>>
>> Lenore
>>
>>
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