Re: [Visualpython-users] success on OS X!

[Joe H. <hea...@vn...>]

On Monday, Jul 21, 2003, at 15:12 US/Eastern, Jonathan Brandmeyer wrote:

>> - After installing Fink, Gtk+, and Python22, make sure the Fink 
>> packages
>> autoconf2.5, automake, automake1.6, numeric, and pkgconfig are 
>> installed
>> too.
>
> You shouldn't need Autoconf or Automake for visual unless you are
> regenerating aclocal.m4, Makefile.in (in any directory except cvisual)
> or configure.  Did you need to do that?  The current scripts are
> generated with autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.  Did you need these
> programs for some other purpose?

After building Visual on my iMac, I see that you're quite correct. The 
autoconf2.5, automake, and automake1.6 packages aren't needed. I had 
them for compiling XEphem. I neglected to mention that the gtkglarea 
package is required.

So, in addition to Gtk+ (plus all its dependencies) and Python22 (plus 
all its dependencies), the pkgconfig, gtkglarea, and numeric packages 
are required to build Visual. Of course, the system-xfree86 package is 
required if you're using Apple's X11 implementation, as is the X11 SDK.

>> - 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
>
> A note about CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS.  Autoconf automatically sets both of 
> these
> variables to "-O2 -g" unless they are already set in the environment.
> So, with these settings, just about any Autoconf-based installation
> procedure will build without optimization or debugging symbols.  So, 
> you
> will probably want to `setenv CFLAGS "-I/sw/include -O2"` (note the
> double quotes) at least, and if you want to provide more useful
> bugreports, add -g as well.

I actually forgot about this, but it's something I can do if I want to 
rebuild Visual.

I hope these changes get put on the VPython OS X page for potential OS 
X users, especially that BROWSER flag. I nearly lost sleep over that 
one.

Cheers,
Joe Heafner

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