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Requirements for a py2app application
by kant1304＠free.fr Nov. 4, 2004

Nov. 4, 2004

Hi, I've read on http://undefined.org/python/ that an application made with py2app was able to run as a standalone application, without any existing python installation. An application that I made with it worked without any problem, but a friend sent me this message that he received while launching the app I made : 2004-11-04 15:29:21.024 Greenhouse[777] Greenhouse Error 2004-11-04 15:29:21.025 Greenhouse[777] MacPython 2.3 is required to run this application. Furthermore, the app doesn't want to run. I know it isn't much, but does anyone have a clue of what may cause the problem ? Thanks in advance

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PyQt
by Kevin Walzer Nov. 2, 2004

Nov. 2, 2004

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Jack, I've received approval for a Sourceforge project for my PyQt-Mac distribution. I'm planning to put together a package installer of everything, and I'm also going to include an applet bundle of Eric3. Can't get it bundled as a standalone with py2app, and PyQt has so many moving parts that I couldn't even begin to give Bob useful information on debugging it--but that's not a problem if all of PyQt is installed. Given this, I'm not sure it makes much sense to add Eric3 to the packman database, but if you want to, that's fine. For what it's worth, I'm using an older version of Eric--3.5 was just released last month and crashes often, but 3.4.2 from last spring is very stable. I'm not going to include the Macpython extensions, but will refer people to download them if needed. When I have everything packaged to my satisfaction and I feel it's ready ~ to go, I'll send general download instructions to the list. It's ironic--I'm still not very far with learning Python development per se (my current big project, a GUI for DarwinPorts, is written with TkAqua, since DarwinPorts itself is written in Tcl), but I'm very interested in Qt and have spent a lot of time learning to build it--so this is fairly straightforward for me, and dovetails well with my interest in Python. Plus, with Qt licensing being unproblematic on the Mac, I think having this available opens up a lot of nice tools for Python developers. So, I'm glad to take this on. All best, Kevin - -- Kevin Walzer, PhD WordTech Software--Open Source Applications and Packages for OS X http://www.wordtech-software.com http://www.smallbizmac.com http://www.kevin-walzer.com mailto:sw@wordtech-software.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBiFHpJmdQs+6YVcoRAuASAJ0fOwSSixhL0imdF0EZE1zSfL7YlACfVRzm 63WRkiN08jAThD+SqfqTyrI= =LH1g -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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ANN: py2app / bdist_mpkg 0.1.5 preview
by Bob Ippolito Nov. 1, 2004

Nov. 1, 2004

I've put together a little preview of py2app 0.1.5, which has MAJOR feature enhancements over 0.1.4. http://undefined.org/python/py2app-0.1.5.mpkg.zip (installer for Mac OS X 10.3) http://svn.red-bean.com/bob/py2app/trunk (source repository) http://svn.red-bean.com/pyobjc/branches/py2app-branch/ (PyObjC repository refactored to use py2app and bdist_mpkg) py2app: non-ascii application names works now (e.g. Jäger) support for non-framework builds of Python (e.g. darwinports) slightly more documentation (INSTALLING.txt, README.txt) PyPI information enhanced setup.py that can use bdist_mpkg builds and installs the py2applet tool as part of its bdist_mpkg script (to /Developer/Applications/Python Tools/py2app/) installs the examples to /Developer/Python/py2app/Examples bdist_mpkg: It's new! bdist_mpkg is a distutils command that builds a metapackage for Installer.app (or /usr/sbin/installer). It's part of the py2app suite. It should work with ANY distutils-using Python module or application that uses distutils and doesn't really screw up their "install" command When using bdist_mpkg with a framework Python, it will default the scripts installation dir to /usr/local/bin instead of the middle of nowhere inside the Python framework It installs a script, /usr/local/bin/bdist_mpkg, which you can use to build metapackages from any setup.py. When the metapackage is built, it will even open Installer for you (unless you pass it any --options, or just --). This is a great alternative to using python setup.py install. You can just customize and uncheck scripts, headers, etc. if you don't want to install them. You can subclass bdist_mpkg and make it do crazy things, like install documentation, code examples, or applications. See py2app's setup-lib/py2app_mpkg.py or PyObjC's setup-lib/pyobjc_mpkg.py (on the py2app-branch) bdist_mpkg should become the "guts" of the next generation PackageManager instead of bdist_dumb tarballs. will automatically determine if root permissions are required to install the package (make sure you haven't mucked with your permissions your build machine if you plan on distributing the metapackages) After the dust settles a bit, probably this weekend, I'll do a more official release... but I would like to get some feedback in the meantime. -bob

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Numeric headers
by Craig Amundsen Nov. 1, 2004

Nov. 1, 2004

Hi - I'm trying to install rpy on my 10.3.5 system. I've gotten R to complile (woo!). Now I'm trying to get rpy installed. It needs to compile against the Numeric headers. I've got Bob's Numeric 23.1 binary installed, but alas it does not include the headers. I've tried to compile 23.6 but it can't find lapack. I've read multiple discussions about getting compliling Numeric on OS X, but the closest I've gotten to a howto is the observation that the setup.py from 23.x is broken for OS X and that examination of the 22.0 setup.py should provide sufficient clues to fix the 23.x file. I've tried this and while it takes longer to fail, it still fails. Has anyone out there managed to modify the 23.x setup.py to get a successful build? If so, could you share your secrets with a distutil-er of very small brain? TIA, - Craig

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