[GRASS-dev] any idea about these python libraries?

[Michael Barton]

Thanks. I just updated and recompiled. Hopefully that will solve  
Agustin and perhaps others' problems running the digitizer and 3D  
display.

Michael
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On May 30, 2009, at 8:59 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> On May 29, 2009, at 5:37 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
>
>> On May 29, 2009, at 5:18 PM, Michael Barton wrote:
>>
>>> The libraries listed below are in /usr/lib on my Mac.
>>>
>>> They are NOT in the /usr/lib of the Mac of a colleague here in
>>> Valencia.
>>>
>>> Many of these libraries are also in /usr/local/lib/wxPython-
>>> unicode-2.8.9.2/lib  on my Mac and that of my colleague
>>>
>>> They are NOT needed in order for me to compile GRASS without errors
>>>
>>> The ARE needed for me to run the wxPython GUI 3D display and
>>> digitizer. My colleagues also cannot run the wxPython 3d display
>>> and digitizer without these files.
>>>
>>> So my questions are:
>>>
>>> 1. Are these on in your /usr/lib William?
>>>
>> Yes.  These are for the system copy of wxPython.  Don't delete them.
>>
>>> 2. Do I somehow have some legacy files that I'm compiling against
>>> (even if I remove them from /usr/lib) or
>>>
>> Nothing in GRASS should link directly to them on OSX.  Only wxpython
>> modules should link to the wx libraries, vdigit just loads wxpython.
>>
> I found that wx nviz and vdigit *did* link the wx libraries - a
> reversion in the switch to setup.py that I missed.  Fixed now in SVN.
>
> It doesn't hurt to link the wx libraries, but maybe, if there are
> multiple copies of wxpython installed (system and /usr/local), the one
> that was linked at compile time is different than the one found in
> sys.path at run time.  This would cause trouble.
>
> GRASS should compile with the one found using the --with-wxwidgets  
> flag.
>
>>> 3. Is my colleague Agustin somehow missing these files that should
>>> have been installed on his Mac?
>>>
>> I need to look at this closer, later, gotta go.
>
>
> If these are missing in /usr/lib, the only safe way to restore them is
> to reinstall the system.
>
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