Re: [Visualpython-users] New version of x11 (1.1.3) again

[Martin C. <cos...@wa...>]

Mark Hammond wrote:
> I did finally get Vpython working... and it wasn't all that hard. As I
> mentioned in my earlier post, I used the expert installation instructions
> on my daughter's new MacBook (which has the latest version of X11 on it).
> It didn't work. I followed Bruce's suggestions, finding that vpython and
> python were apparently not where they should be (I guess not on my hard
> drive at all). I opened Fink Commander and followed the easy non-Intel
> instructions, installing visualpython2.4 from binaries. It worked fine.
> 
> So I'm not sure why the need for the expert/Intel instructions.

There is indeed no need right now. Binaries for 
visual-py2[34]-3.2.9-1002 exist for both ppc and intel on the Fink 
bindist server. The instructions on the web page are from some months 
ago when there was no intel binary package yet. Plus, it is somewhat 
hard to verify, because the Fink package database web page pretends not 
to know the existence of any binary version of visual-pyXX-3.2.9 for OSX 
10.4. This is a known bug of the package database (shows only packages 
in "release", not in "current".)

But I would still like to understand why building from source ("expert 
instructions") did not work. It should, too.

-- 
Martin