[ pyopengl-Support Requests-1577452 ] Binaries linked to numpy1/python2.5

Support Requests item #1577452, was opened at 2006-10-14 18:28
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Submitted By: Graham Cummins (gic888)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Binaries linked to numpy1/python2.5

Initial Comment:
Hi. This isn't actually a request for support, but I didn't see any 
"contribute" links.

I've been using PyOpenGL for some time in a major project, and I moved 
the project to numpy1.0rc2 and python2.5, so I've had to compile 
versions of PyOpenGL linked to those packages. Since I have some 
windows users, I built a windows binary installer for PyOpenGL 2.0.2.01/
Py2.5/numpy1.0. It was a pain to compile, and I don't see any installers 
for Py2.5 on this site, so I was wondering if you want to post it?

I don't use Tk (my project is all wxWidgets) or have the Tk headers on my 
boxes, so this installer doesn't include Togl. I could provide some info 
about what I had to set up to compile it if that would be helpful (mostly 
this is stuff that would be easy for someone used to building on Win32 - 
I'm not. I did have to make a few code edits though.)

Anyway, send me email and let me know where to upload it if you want it. 
I have versions linked in the same way built on Mac OS 10.4 and Ubuntu 
linux also, but these were a lot easier to build, and thus, I'm guessing, 
less valuable.

Thanks for your work on Python!

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>Comment By: Graham Cummins (gic888)
Date: 2007-06-03 19:44

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When I posted this, I also wondered why there wasn't a Windows binary
linked to python 2.5. I got no response from the PyOpenGL project, but now
I think I know why: They were busy cranking out PyOpenGL 3.0, which
installs via python eggs. 

The egg has win32 support, so you no longer need a compiler to install on
Windows. I've installed 3.0.0a6 on XP with no hassle. I got the zip version
and installed with "python setup.py install". Worked fine on systems
without Visual Studio (or any other C compilers). The only hitch is that
you have to get ez_setup.py from PEAK
(http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#installation-instructions)
and use it to install setuptools before you install PyOpenGL.

I didn't much like the "eggs" thing at first, but it does make installing
compiled extensions on common platforms a lot easier (on ia64 Linux it's
still a PITA, but you can't have everything...)


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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2007-05-30 12:18

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Great idea!  I don't know why they don't have a windows binary up on the
site.  I would love it if there were a .exe or even a .msi available for
download.

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