[Visualpython-users] VPython install question, Slackware 10.1

[Eric A. <Ay...@ma...>]

Hello,

I'm having a bit of trouble installing vpython on a Slackware 10.1 box.

I have installed:
     boost 1.32.0 (slackware package)
     gtk+ 2.6.1 (comes with standard install)
     gtkglarea 1.2.3 (slack package)
     Numeric 24.0 (python setup.py install)
     numarray 1.3.3 (python setup.py install)
     python 2.4 (comes with standard install) located at /usr/bin/python

I am using gcc 3.3.4.

Here's what I do:
     $ tar -xjf visual-3.2.1.tar.bz2
     $ mkdir build
     $ cd build
     $ ../visual-3.2.1/configure --prefix=/usr
         (Note -- there is an error on http://vpython.org/ 
linux_download.html: it says "./visual..." (one dot) which could  
cause confusion.)
     $ make
...And here it dies. The last couple lines of build/src/build.log are:

g++ -shared -nostdlib /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/ 
3.3.4/../../../crti.o /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/ 
crtbeginS.o  .libs/arrow.o .libs/axial.o .libs/box.o .libs/ 
color.o .libs/cone.o .libs/convex.o .libs/curve.o .libs/ 
cvisualmodule.o .libs/cylinder.o .libs/display.o .libs/ 
displaylist.o .libs/ellipsoid.o .libs/exceptions.o .libs/ 
num_util.o .libs/scalar_array.o .libs/vector_array.o .libs/ 
slice.o .libs/sphmodel.o .libs/faceset.o .libs/frame.o .libs/ 
gldevice.o .libs/kbobject.o .libs/light.o .libs/label.o .libs/ 
mouseobject.o .libs/prim.o .libs/vector.o .libs/pyramid.o .libs/ 
rate.o .libs/ring.o .libs/sphere.o .libs/tmatrix.o .libs/ 
vcache.o .libs/cylmodel.o .libs/num_util_impl_numeric.o .libs/ 
num_util_impl_numarray.o .libs/platlinux.o .libs/xgl.o  -Wl,--rpath - 
Wl,/usr/lib/. -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/lib/. -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib / 
usr/lib/libgtk.so /usr/lib/libgdk.so /usr/lib/libgmodule.so -ldl - 
lXext -lX11 /usr/lib/libgtkgl.so -lGL /usr/lib/libgthread.so - 
lpthread /usr/lib/libglib.so -lboost_python -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486- 
slackware-linux/3.3.4 -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/ 
3.3.4/../../../../i486-slackware-linux/lib -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486- 
slackware-linux/3.3.4/../../.. /usr/lib/./libstdc++.so -lm -lc - 
lgcc_s /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/crtendS.o /usr/lib/ 
gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/../../../crtn.o  -Wl,--version- 
script=../../visual-3.2.1/src/linux-symbols.map -Wl,-soname - 
Wl,cvisualmodule.so.1 -o .libs/cvisualmodule.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/../../../../i486- 
slackware-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_python
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

I'm stumped. Boost is located at /usr/include/boost, with libraries  
at /usr/lib/libboost_*, if that helps.

Any suggestions?
-EA

Interestingly enough, I had a lab full of Slackware 10.0 boxes with  
vpython. When I updated them to 10.1, it changed the default python  
from 2.3 to 2.4 and broke vpython: but the fix was as simple as:
     # cp -Rup /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/* /usr/lib/python2.4/ 
site-packages/

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Dr. Eric Ayars
Assistant Professor of Physics
California State University, Chico
ay...@ma...