RE: [Visualpython-users] New installer under Debian

gtkglarea is not supplied by the libgtkgl5 package but by the
the packages gtkglarea5 and gtkglarea5-dev.

Installation under debian woody is pretty simple:  see
the detailed instructions I gave in an email to this list some
months back.  I've then installed to other debian woody machines by simply
copying by cvisualmodule.so and the files in the visual directory 
from one machine to the next, after installing apt-getting gtkglarea5.
Then it's not even necessary to apt-get all the various '-dev' packages.

Martin Gelfand
Dept of Physics, Colorado State
>===== Original Message From "Bruce Sherwood" <bas...@un...> =====
>Many thanks for the detailed feedback -- it's just the kind of data we need
>to improve the installer. One thing seems quite odd: You couldn't install
>gtkglarea, which is needed, yet you eventually managed to compile anyway. I
>wouldn't have thought that mesa would include the missing piece....
>
>Bruce Sherwood
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shaun Press" <Sha...@an...>
>To: "vpusers" <vis...@li...>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 11:23 AM
>Subject: [Visualpython-users] New installer under Debian
>
>
>> I have recently shifted jobs and have a debian install on my desktop. I
>> have't been able to get VPython working on my machine so I was happy to
>> try the new installer this morning. This is what I discovered.
>>
>> I am running debian with a 2.4.19 kernel on a Dell Optiplex GX260
>> Downloaded the package OK. Unzipped and untarred it fine.
>> First important problem apt-get install libgtkgl5 does not work as the
>> package doesn't exist. Attempts at finding other install servers that
>> might have it were unsuccesful. No matter, I just plowed ahead.
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local blew up when looking for gtk+ > 1.0
>> This was caused by the missing gtk-config program
>> Needed to load the gtk1.2lib-dev package which I found using dselect
>> Then it complained about gtkglarea not being installed, so I ran dselect
>> and installed every package connected with gtkglarea
>> Still complained about gtkglarea not being installed
>> Needed to install mesa support, which I would have assumed came with the
>> standard debian install but clearly did not in my case.
>> Again I used dselect to find a mesa package
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local now worked fine
>> make install then ran without a hitch, if you ignore all the deprecated
>> warning messages
>> Tested that idle ran and that little balls bounced around. Woo Hoo!
>>
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek
>> Welcome to geek heaven.
>> http://thinkgeek.com/sf
>> _______________________________________________
>> Visualpython-users mailing list
>> Vis...@li...
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/visualpython-users
>>
>>
>
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------------
>This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek
>Welcome to geek heaven.
>http://thinkgeek.com/sf
>_______________________________________________
>Visualpython-users mailing list
>Vis...@li...
>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/visualpython-users