Re: [Visualpython-users] VPython compile problems - Mandrake 8.1

You've probably seen this note ("additional info" on the Linux download 
page), but just in case you missed it, here's a comment on getting VPython 
to work on Debian.

The VPython installation procedure should work on most versions of Red Hat
   Linux, and it may work in other Linux environments as well. If not, Andy 
Dougherty
   offers the following useful information.

Other packages you may need are commonly, but not universally, installed on
   many Linux systems. I can tell you that on my Debian system, I also 
needed to
   add glib, gtk+, and some sort of OpenGL library. You may need to check that
   you have the development versions of the libraries. [1]

VPython includes gtkglarea, but if you can't use the supplied i386 rpm [2]
   you may also need to install gtkglarea from source. If so, I'd recommend 
using
   the slightly-newer gtkglarea-1.2.3 -- it worked marginally better for me.

Where you get OpenGL may depend, in part, on which X server you're using. I'm
   currently trying Mesa as an OpenGL replacement, but with mixed success. The
   Visual window only seems to be updated occasionally; with the same 
program under
   Windows, the updating is nearly continuous. Hope this helps,

   Andy Dougherty
   Dept. of Physics
   Lafayette College
   Easton PA 18042

[1] For some libraries, some Linux distributions sometimes ship both runtime
   and development versions. You need the development version if you want 
to compile.

[2] e.g. if you don't have an rpm command, or if if you're running on a 
different
   architecture, such as an Alpha or SPARC.