Re: [Visualpython-users] Notes on Ubuntu 9.10

Gary, I fought my way through the arcaneness of the ppa machinery (Linux 
isn't for the faint of heart). I installed the new Boost 1.38 and 1.40, 
and tried 1.40 first, but couldn't compile. So I removed 1.40 and found 
I could compile with Boost 1.38 but not link: the message in 
src/build.log is

    /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_python

even though I can see libboost_python-mt-py26.a, 
libboost_python-mt-py26.so, and libboost_python-mt-py26.so.1.38.0 in 
/usr/lib, and the package manager thinks they're installed.

Did you do some additional arcane operation to make the library 
findable? What am I missing?

Bruce Sherwood

Gary Pajer wrote:
> Someone has made new boost packages for Ubuntu:
> https://launchpad.net/~ajmitch/+archive/ppa 
> <https://launchpad.net/%7Eajmitch/+archive/ppa>
>
> I installed them on a Ubuntu 9.10 virtual machine, and Vpython did not 
> segfault.  Python did crash with a graphics error when I attempted to 
> create a sphere, but you may have different results.
>