Re: [Visualpython-users] ubuntu 9.10 installation for dummies...please

Has something about the boost libraries changed since December?  We
had a discussion on this list back then about installing on Ubuntu
Karmic (9.10) and for me, the fix involved installing the
libgtkglextmm-x11-1.2-dev package (and its dependencies).  This was as
simple as "sudo apt-get install libgtkglextmm-x11-1.2-dev".

Look back over those threads for the full description if you don't
wish to upgrade to 10.04.

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Bruce Sherwood
<Bru...@nc...> wrote:
> I updated the documentation on the Linux download page at vpython.org.
> Indeed, it is the case that the python-visual package on Ubuntu 9.10 is
> broken, and the fix is not easy (one must rebuild the Boost libraries from
> source). By far the easiest course is simply to allow Ubuntu to upgrade
> itself to 10.04 and then use the Synaptic Package Manager to install
> python-visual.
>
> Bruce Sherwood
>
> Bruce Sherwood wrote:
>
> Linux can be a pretty harsh environment for building an application from
> source, and not for true beginners, but normally you can use the
> Synaptic Package Manager, search for python-visual, and install with no
> problem. However, I seem to remember that there was a bug in that
> package on Ubuntu 9.10. Since you say you just switched to 9.10, my
> recommendation would be to upgrade to 10.04, where python-visual works
> and is more up to date (5.12; the current version of Visual is 5.32).
>
> If for some reason 10.04 is not an option, I can say that HACKING.txt is
> not relevant if you start from the file on the Linux download page at
> vpython.org. Instead, read the instructions in INSTALL.txt. They are
> alas complicated, which is why people build packages like python-visual.
>
> Bruce Sherwood
>
> b2t...@uc... wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've used python on windows vista for a year now, but I just switched over
> to Ubuntu 9.10.  I've read the instructions in Hackers.txt and I can't
> figure it out.  Is there any thread that has thoroughly addressed this for
> true beginners of Ubuntu?
>
> Line by line terminal commands would be helpful!
>
> Thanks,
> Benjamin Thompson
> UCSD Dept. of Structural Engineering
> 619-792-0925
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Visualpython-users mailing list
> Vis...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/visualpython-users
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Visualpython-users mailing list
> Vis...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/visualpython-users
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Visualpython-users mailing list
> Vis...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/visualpython-users
>
>