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Re: [Visualpython-users] ubuntu 9.10 installation for dummies...please
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From: Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...> - 2010-05-30 16:32:59
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I updated the documentation on the Linux download page at vpython.org. Indeed, it is the case that the python-visual package on Ubuntu 9.10 is broken, and the fix is not easy (one must rebuild the Boost libraries from source). By far the easiest course is simply to allow Ubuntu to upgrade itself to 10.04 and then use the Synaptic Package Manager to install python-visual.<br> <br> Bruce Sherwood<br> <br> Bruce Sherwood wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:231...@nc..." type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Linux can be a pretty harsh environment for building an application from source, and not for true beginners, but normally you can use the Synaptic Package Manager, search for python-visual, and install with no problem. However, I seem to remember that there was a bug in that package on Ubuntu 9.10. Since you say you just switched to 9.10, my recommendation would be to upgrade to 10.04, where python-visual works and is more up to date (5.12; the current version of Visual is 5.32). If for some reason 10.04 is not an option, I can say that HACKING.txt is not relevant if you start from the file on the Linux download page at vpython.org. Instead, read the instructions in INSTALL.txt. They are alas complicated, which is why people build packages like python-visual. Bruce Sherwood <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:b2t...@uc...">b2t...@uc...</a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi, I've used python on windows vista for a year now, but I just switched over to Ubuntu 9.10. I've read the instructions in Hackers.txt and I can't figure it out. Is there any thread that has thoroughly addressed this for true beginners of Ubuntu? Line by line terminal commands would be helpful! Thanks, Benjamin Thompson UCSD Dept. of Structural Engineering 619-792-0925 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Visualpython-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Vis...@li...">Vis...@li...</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/visualpython-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/visualpython-users</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Visualpython-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Vis...@li...">Vis...@li...</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/visualpython-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/visualpython-users</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html> |
