Re: [Visualpython-users] a new Linux install solution for Visual Python

[pataphor <pat...@gm...>]

On 10/12/2013 06:12 PM, Bruce Sherwood wrote:
> It doesn't really matter whether you write to me or to the old mailing
> list, since we're probably the only people viewing that mailing list.

As long as the mailing list stays synced with gmane it matters a lot, 
since I can now just point other people to the gmane website or their 
nntp server.

> I guess I muddied the waters by trying wxPython 2.9.5, which I think you
> had mentioned. Like 2.9.4, it does require a patch, with I've included in
> the VPython repository. See the updated INSTALL.txt file:
>
> https://github.com/BruceSherwood/vpython-wx/blob/master/INSTALL.txt

Thank you for uploading the patch and updating the install instructions.

I've had some small success that I can mention. The 2.9.5.0 installation 
process failed at first because of the traceback I mentioned in my 
earlier post. After adapting the code around:

File "/home/xxxx/src/wxPython-src-2.9.5.0/build/tools/builder.py", line 
134, in install

to make it read like this:

  def install(self, dir=None, projectFile=None, options=[]):
         if self.isAvailable():
             args = [self.getProgramPath()]
             args.extend(self.getProjectFileArg(projectFile))
             args.append("install")
             if options:
                 args.extend(options)
             result = runInDir(args, dir)
             return result

         return 1

The command:

sudo python2.7 build-wxpython.py --build_dir=../bld --install

Now successfully compiles and installs wxPython 2.9.5.0 on my system.
(Note: all I did was to add the "if options" clause)

It also seems necessary to reboot the system after this, which made me 
discover only later, after I accidentally had to reboot the system 
because of an unrelated issue, that the install had actually succeeded!

I can now even choose which wx version I start wxPython with, using 
wxversion.

There is also some small progress with the window drawing, in that I can 
now also get the windrow to start drawing things if I only move it, 
instead of having to resize it as I mentioned earlier. This works for 
both wx version 2.9.4 and 2.9.5, which makes me wonder whether I could 
have overlooked that earlier.

Unfortunately the opacity problem is still the same for me in vPython 
6.5 compiled with wxpython 2.9.5.0

I have tried to find better graphics drivers for my system but haven't 
been successful. There is some small hope that Ubuntu 13 would enable me 
to update the driver.

> I used 2.9.5 partly because it's now the version available at wxpython.org,
> and I wanted to make sure VPython works with it. On 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 I
> didn't see your bug with 2.9.4 and I don't see it with 2.9.5. No one else
> has reported your bug (which doesn't prove that they wouldn't see the bug
> if they tried your example, of course).

Since I managed to compile 2.9.5.0 for a 32 bit Ubuntu 12.04, maybe some 
people having the same traceback as me but with a different graphics 
card could still benefit from my failure.

> I don't know anything about gmane but would be happy to make the
> connection. How would I do that?

Currently the mailing list is already synced to gmane, so please do 
nothing.

After looking into the wxpython mailing list situation, while trying to 
sign up, I discovered that in order to sign up one has to go through 
Google groups, which is a catch 22 situation for me since I don't want 
to use Google groups.

P.