Mac development how to?

> Source code
> The source is stored in Subversion at sourceforge.net/svn/? 
> group_id=75211
> https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bitpim/trunk/bitpim.

ok, got the source using Subcommander, checked it out to a folder on  
my computer...

> Mailing list

ok, got that...

> Cross Referenced
that sounds good

> API Documentation
docs are a good thing...

> Development log
logging is good too...

> Getting Started
> You will need to download and install the list of packages below.  
> For Python packages that don't come with a binary installer, there  
> is usually a setup.py file in the top level of what you downloaded.  
> Simply type python setup.py install and the package will be  
> installed. You will need to have administrative/root access.
>
> Install Python
> Linux already comes with Python. MacOS X 10.3 does as well
ok, so I am good here...

> Install wxPython
> wxPython is the graphics toolkit used. Grab it from  
> www.wxpython.org. Note that you must use version 2.6.3.3 and you  
> must use the Unicode version.


ok Mac users:  skip that site & go here:
http://pythonmac.org/packages/py25-fat/index.html

install the 2.5 version of Python from there, then the 2.6.3.3 build  
of wxpython shown below.

> Install pySerial
> pySerial is used to interface with the serial port. Grab it from  
> pyserial.sourceforge.net

ok, I think I got that...

> Install APSW
> APSW is the wrapper used for the SQLite database that stores some  
> BitPim data. You must use version 3.3.10-r1. Grab it from  
> www.rogerbinns.com/apsw.html.

ok, well, this didn't work well:

$ python setup.py install
running install
running build
running build_ext
building 'apsw' extension
creating build
creating build/temp.darwin-8.8.2-i386-2.3
gcc -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-long-double -no-cpp-precomp -mno-fused- 
madd -fno-common -dynamic -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes - 
DNDEBUG=1 -DEXPERIMENTAL=1 -DSQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION=1 -I/System/ 
Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/python2.3 -c  
apsw.c -o build/temp.darwin-8.8.2-i386-2.3/apsw.o
apsw.c:40:20: error: Python.h: No such file or directory

And a whole slew of error follow...

did I need to install w. sudo?


> Get BitPim source code
got it (see above)

> Get paramiko (optional)
> You need paramiko if you want to use BitFling. You must use version  
> 1.6.4 (yanma). You can get it from http://www.lag.net/paramiko/
>
> Get pycrypto (optional)
> You need pyCrypto if you want to use BitFling. You must use version  
> 2.0.1. It can be downloaded from www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html

skipping these for the moment

> Build native modules

ok, how, exactly is this step to be completed?

> Build usb library (optional - Linux & Mac only)

ok, I am skipping this for now...

> Compile string matcher (optional)
> The string matcher code uses the Jaro Winkler algorithm. There is  
> both a C and Python implementation in the module. If you have a  
> large phonebook then you will want the C version as it is much faster.

do I download this from somewhere?

         Mac/Linux# python setup.py build ; cp build/*/jarow.* .


> Run it
> python bp.py should run BitPim from a console.

and if I wanted to run it from the gui?

> If you would like to work on other things, then have a look at the  
> todo list. Mail the bitpim-devel list if you intend to embark on  
> any of those, or mention what areas you want to work on and ask for  
> suggestions.

well, the point of all this is to be able to build a > 0.9.11   
version, maybe even a universal binary, but baby steps for now...

ideally I could then get past this degree symbol in my sent box....

Thanks for any guidance!


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