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[Chris Palmer <cpalmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phil Weir wrote:
> Few touch-ups to restore buildability.
>
> [Patch: setup.py For: font dependency checking]
>
> > Please find attached a patch to setup.py which checks for the Linux
> > Libertine font and aborts if it can't find it. The patch uses the pangocairo
> > package to do the checking, if it cannot be imported the build is aborted.
>
> Patch included in latest push. Have checked running of Aesthete from F15
> live CD. Would it be possible to include a check for matplotlib in setup.py
> too? Other than that, everything _should_ now work out of the box. Will give
> it another test on the live CD from Launchpad to make sure it does before I
> head to Vancouver, but if you could all give the latest push a whirl at some
> point and make sure the basic essentials are not chronically broken, that'd
> be appreciated.
>
> By the by, the tree-structure clarification has now been added as a welcome
> message to discourage users from trying to manually space their equations
> before becoming familiar with the "What You Mean is What You See" (WYMiWYS?)
> entry style. Please test the example.
>
> Best,
> P

Okay, I've added matplotlib as a dependency. Please see attached. I 
really should get around to creating .ssh keys...

It now launches successfully. I like the warning message - that's the 
biggest gotcha I can think of, and that deals with it.

A couple of things:

1. During install it gives me the following:
	error: can't copy 'preferences.default.xml': doesn't exist or 	
	not a regular file
   Any ideas?
2. How does one do a square root?
3. Following from that, I tried to do (1+1)^1/2, but on typing ( I get
	AttributeError: 'GlypherCaret' object has no attribute
	'bracketed_expression_mode'

Regards,
Chris.


=== modified file 'setup.py'
--- setup.py	2011-07-13 22:28:26 +0000
+++ setup.py	2011-07-13 23:58:40 +0000
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 # Check python dependencies, bail if not present
 package_deps = [['numpy', '1.4.1'], ['scipy', '0.7.2'], ['sympy', '0.6.7'], ['cairo', '1.8.8'], ['gobject', '2.21.5'], ['gtk', '2.17.0'], \
-			['Image', '1.1.7']]
+			['Image', '1.1.7'], ['matplotlib', '1.0.1']]
 for package_dep in package_deps :
 	try :
 		imp.find_module(package_dep[0])