Re: Fontforge Python on OS X Mavericks 10.9

On June 20, 2014 01:40:45 PM Dimitre Lima wrote:
> Hello I'm trying to install fontforge python in OS X Mavericks with no
> success. When compiling from source it complains about Python, even
> with different versions installed, I've reinstalled it throught
> homebrew too.
> 
> No package 'python-2.7' found
> 
> And Brew version from git complains of autogen.sh (which now is
> bootstrap right?) brew install fontforge --enable-pyextension --HEAD
> --debug
> 
> Failed to execute: ./autogen.sh
> /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:573:in `block in system'
> 
> And the brew version 20120731_1 is the unique that completes
> installation but don't seem to install pyextension.
> 
> Any tip? Thank you.

Hi Dimitre,
Install the developer version of python. Our package handler is needing 
some improvement to specify you need the developer version because it 
requires the python.h include files for building.

Next:
I am not running a Mac, and cannot verrify this, but can you please try the 
modification to homebrew's fontforge.rb file explained in 
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/1366 and see if the solution:

if build.head?
system "sh bootstrap"
else
system "sh autogen.sh"
end
system "./configure", *args

fixes it so it uses ./bootstrap? Details are here:
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/29626


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