Re: Re: call for documentation: how to install on macosx

On Nov 9, 2005, at 8:05 PM, Sebastien Maret wrote:

> Stefano Franchi <s.franchi-1/[email protected]> writes:
>
>>> The easiest way is to use fink with the unstable branch. It can not  
>>> be
>>> installed using the stable branch because two dependendencies are  
>>> only
>>> present in unstable: gnome-python2 and recode.
>>>
>>> I have just updated fink pybliographer package to 1.2.7 and
>>> python-bibtex to 1.2.2.
>>
>> I have been unable to install pybliographer on MacOS X. Could you
>> provide more detail on how you did it?
>
> fink install pybliographer
>
> should install it for you.
>
>> In my case fink fails on the
>> installation of gnome-python2-py23. I have tried several times in the
>> last few weeks, no success. The Fink mailing list could not provide
>> help, it looks like it's an old bug that no has fixed yet.
>
> Can you provide a log of the error you get ? Also which version of
> MacOSX and Fink are you using (fink --version) ?


The version of fink:

Package manager version: 0.24.10
Distribution version: 0.7.2.rsync

I'm on a PowerBook running 10.3.9

The stumbling block is the installation of gnome-python2-py23. Here is  
the final part of the fink log for "fink install pybliographer":


/sw/bin/python2.3 setup.py install  
--prefix=/sw/src/fink.build/root-gnome-python2-py23-2.0.0-16/sw
Warning: Too old version of gnome-vfs-2.0
          Need 22.0.0, but 2.10.1 is installed
running install
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
running install_lib
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "setup.py", line 346, in ?
     cmdclass={'install_lib': GnomePythonInstallLib,
   File  
"/sw/src/root-python23-2.3.5-2/sw/lib/python2.3/distutils/core.py",  
line 149, in setup
   File  
"/sw/src/root-python23-2.3.5-2/sw/lib/python2.3/distutils/dist.py",  
line 907, in run_commands
   File  
"/sw/src/root-python23-2.3.5-2/sw/lib/python2.3/distutils/dist.py",  
line 927, in run_command
   File  
"/sw/src/root-python23-2.3.5-2/sw/lib/python2.3/distutils/command/ 
install.py", line 510, in run
   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command

   File  
"/sw/src/root-python23-2.3.5-2/sw/lib/python2.3/distutils/dist.py",  
line 927, in run_command
   File "setup.py", line 73, in run
     self.add_template_option('VERSION', VERSION)
   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/cmd.py", line 112, in __getattr__
     if self.intro:
AttributeError: add_template_option
### execution of /sw/bin/python2.3 failed, exit code 1
Removing build lock...
/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-gnome-python2-py23-2.0.0-16
(Reading database ... 148053 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing fink-buildlock-gnome-python2-py23-2.0.0-16 ...
Failed: phase installing: gnome-python2-py23-2.0.0-16 failed

Before reporting any errors, please run "fink selfupdate" and
try again.  If you continue to have issues, please check to see if the
FAQ on fink's website solves the problem.  If not, ask on the fink-users
or fink-beginners mailing lists.  As a last resort, you can try  
e-mailing
the maintainer directly:

         Jeremy Higgs <fink-+P67C9yI/[email protected]>




I did as suggested (fink self-update, etc.) with no results. An inquiry  
in the archives of fink-users seems to indicate that there is an old  
bug that has not been fixed yet. Direct requests for help on fink-users  
went unanswered. That's why I was surprised to hear of a successful  
install on Mac Os X.

I must add that I gave up on the problem about three weeks ago. I just  
retried yesterday (with the same problems), but without re-updating the  
whole fink installation (which is a painful process given that I have a  
full Kde system running and fink absolutely loves to recompile from  
scratch whenever it gets a chance). Perhaps something has happened  
since then?

Best,

Stefano

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