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Re: Problem with Python during Configuration ./configure

 

Yes, look at the post "Brave souls wanted - Testing SCons build of DOLFIN".

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Anders



On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 09:42:56PM +0100, Åsmund Ødegård wrote:
> 
> First, the detection of Python on MacOSX have some issues, to put it lightly..
> 
> Secondly, there are some ongoing work that hopefully will remedy the situation.
> Hopefully not to far into the distant future..
> 
> On Nov 27, 2007 4:49 PM, Simone Marras <simone.marras@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     [snip]
> 
>  
> 
>     1)
>     "checking for Python library path... find: /Library/Frameworks/
>     Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python/config/: No such file or
>     directory
>     find: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python/:
>     No such file or directory
>      
> 
>     configure: error: cannot find Python library path"
> 
> 
> Strange location, what kind of OSX and Python are you using? I guess the reason
> here is that the Python you are using does not have distutils included.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     2)
>            export PYTHON=~/Documents/myapps/visit/1.6/darwin-ppc/lib/python/lib
>     /
>     python2.5/
> 
>     but still obtaining an error (different from before):
> 
>     "checking whether /Users/simone/Documents/myapps/visit/1.6/darwin-ppc/
>     lib/python/lib/python2.5/ version >= 2.3... configure: error: too old"
> 
> 
> If I read the configure script right, you are supposed to put in a path to an
> actual python binary for the PYTHON variable, you seems to put just a path. The
> configure script try to run $PYTHON which does not work here. Maybe you need:
> 
> export PYTHON=~/Documents/myapps/visit/1.6/darwin-ppc/bin/python2.5
> or something like that?
> 
> 

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