[Visualpython-users] visual installation (Mac OS X) - suggestions

[Aaron T. <ti...@ma...>]

Jonathan (and others who are interested),

I attempted to install the newest version of vpython today using the 
instructions at vpython.org. I first trashed Fink and Apple's X11 and 
reinstalled Fink and X11. Everything installed well, and I can run 
other x applications like gnuplot. For what it's worth, I have the 
latest version of Jaguar, Apple's development tools, security patches, 
etc.

A couple of corrections should be made to the installation notes on the 
vpython site:

-Change "apt-get install gtglarea" to "apt-get install gtkglarea" -- 
the k is missing.

-Change "apt-get install python2.2.x" to "apt-get install python22" -- 
this is officially 2.2.2-5 I think

-Change HTML page title from "Download VPython for Linux" to "Download 
VPython for Mac OS X"

-(maybe add this as a suggestion) If installing Numeric using gives an 
error because it can't find /sw/bin/python, then create a symbolic link 
/sw/bin/python that points to /sw/bin/python2.2; this will allow the 
Numeric setup script to successfully run

-Run "apt-get install pkgconfig" -- this will fix an error given by  
visual's configure script that says that it can't find pkgconfig; 
evidently pkgconfig wasn't installed by the other packages.

Thanks, Jonathon, for the good work on the installer. I hope this 
feedback will help.

AT