Re: some try-ark suggestions

Jonathan:

   Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 20:01:45 +0100
   From: Jonathan Hogg <[email protected]>

   >As you know, my second go at Arusha failed with
   >
   >      import xml.dom.core
   >  ImportError: No module named core
   >
   >As I see it, there are at least three possibilities for this error:
   >
   >--There is some missing piece outside of $ARK_SRC.  If so, identify it
   >  (and other missing pieces), and add to the "Getting/installing the
   >  prerequisite tools" section as necessary.

   I'm sure Will will say something later, but I think the error relates to 
   the various different versions of the 'xml' package. I think you need to 
   grab a recent copy of PyXML and install it.

In fact, my installed PyXML is a (much) later version than what Will
gave as the requirement ("we've used versions 0.5.5.1 and 0.6.2+").

[berto@localhost berto]$ rpm -q PyXML
PyXML-0.6.5-1

I am conducting these tests on the just-released Mandrake Linux 8.0.

   There should be some stuff in the ark-dev archive about this - Harlen 
   went through similar pains as I recall. It's something to do with 
   different versions of Python and PyXML.

Okay, but I'm taking the point of view here, not as an interested and
committed fan of Arusha, but as your typical open source angler.  Will and
you & co. can't expect first-time users and window shoppers to scour the
mailing list archives for solutions to common problems.  Sorry to keep
hammering on this point, but The Project has to do a first-rate job of
easing the new user's task(s).  Or it doesn't have to, but the user base
will build more slowly than The Project hopes.

Berto

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