[Visualpython-users] success on OS X!

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Goo Morning.

I am finally able to compile, install, and use VPython from OS X. My systems are 
running OS 10.2.6, Fink 0.5.3, Safari 1.0, Apple's X11 Beta 3, VPython installer 
version 2.1.102--30709, and the December 2002 Apple Dev Tools. There is a 
note on the Fink home page regarding the recent update to the Dec. 2002 Dev 
Tools. Apparently there are problems with gcc 3.3. Here are some additional 
instructions that I feel should be placed on the OS X page at VPython.org.

- After installing Fink, Gtk+, and Python22, make sure the Fink packages 
autoconf2.5, automake, automake1.6, numeric, and pkgconfig are installed 
too. 

- Before issuing the "./configure --prefix=/sw" command, place the following 
lines in your ~/.cshrc file:

  setenv CFLAGS -I/sw/include
  setenv LDFLAGS -L/sw/include
  setenv CXXFLAGS $CFLAGS
  setenv CPPFLAGS $CXXFLAGS
  setenv BROWSER open

The first four are needed so that the compiler can find Fink's gtk and OpenGL 
libraries. The last environment variable is needed so that invoking help (by 
pressing F1) from inside IDLE_fork will work.

- Note that enabling the "root" account really isn't necessary. You can just use 
"sudo make install" and give your default admin password. Of course, if there 
are multiple users on your Mac then the first user's password should suffice 
since the first user created under OS X automatically has admin privileges.

Thanks for everyone's help!

Cheers,
Joe Heafner - Instructional Astronomy and Physics
Home Page http://users.vnet.net/heafnerj/index.html
I don't have a Lexus, but I do have a Mac. Same thing.