Re: [Visualpython-users] install w/ rpm

[Andrew M. <mo...@tb...>]

Thanks for keeping this thread alive, Bruce!  :)   I was worried I had 
been forgotten about.   I am new to Vpython, but not so new to linux,
although I am no expert.   In general, rpm installations on RedHat based
distributions work for me about 95% of the time.  The other 5% of the
time, I usually have a missing dependency which I can correct by
downloading and installing the right library or module.

Since I am so new to Vpython, I am still confused about how it
operates.  If it is simply an extension of python, then would it be safe
to call it a collection of libraries?   I don't think it's that simple,
but I really don't know.

Some of the things that I'd like to know are: What OS was Vpython
developed on?   Why is there so little documentation for the linux
version?

I'd be willing to post some error messages I am getting, if that would
help.



On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Bruce Sherwood wrote:

> The report of Andrew Morrison about the difficulties of installing VPython 
> on RH6.2 is pretty discouraging. Unfortunately I am not (yet) a Linux user, 
> so I don't understand the problem. We keep seeing report after report about 
> the extreme difficulty of installing VPython on (some brand of) Linux. Is 
> this a general malady with all applications on Linux? Is it generally the 
> case that it is almost impossible to install Linux applications? If not, 
> what is special about VPython? AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHH!!
> 
> Bruce Sherwood
> 
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