what to do with ".py"

gexiaofei · 07-26-2003, 02:25 AM

yesteatay a friend here sent me the wxPython, but i dont know what to do with it.
This is my first time to find files ending with .py.
what can I do with .py?

megaspaz · 07-26-2003, 02:32 AM

i don't use python but it looks like a python source file. try opening it up in a plain text editor.

http://www.jasspa.com/me/m9typ033.html

gexiaofei · 07-26-2003, 02:49 AM

It is said that Python and wxPython are needed to install BT to download. But I dont know how to install wxpython either the Bt.

I can not get useful info from the .py

megaspaz · 07-26-2003, 03:08 AM

what distro are you using? i've got 4 different versions of python on rh 7.3. i'm sure python actually comes with your distro.

try the command:

python --help

gexiaofei · 07-26-2003, 03:31 AM

I am using redflag linux.

Yes,Python comes with my linux, but i want to install wxPython. And I dont know how to install it.

megaspaz · 07-26-2003, 05:47 AM

you got the wxPython sources right?

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/w...2.4.1.2.tar.gz

you've got all the other requirements also, right? make sure you got those.

according to the build instructions @ http://www.wxpython.org/BUILD.unix.txt
there are lines in the quote in bold. those are examples of the python command to build and install wxpython. they are only examples given the type of options you want. you will not run all three commands. you'll only run the python command once with the options you want to have set.

some of the flags are in italics in the below quote.

Quote:

C. Change to the root wxPython directory and look at the setup.py
file. This is the script that configures and defines all the
information that Distutils needs to build wxPython. There are some
options near the begining of the script that you may want or need
to change based on your system and what options you have selected
up to this point, (sources from tar.gz or from CVS, etc.) You can
either change these flags directly in setup.py or supply them on
the command-line.

BUILD_GLCANVAS Set to zero if you don't want to build the
Open GL canvas extension module. If you don't
have OpenGL or compatible libraries then you'll
need to set this to zero.

BUILD_OGL Set to zero if you don't want to build the
Object Graphics Library extension module.

BUILD_STC Set to zero if you don't want to build the
wxStyledTextCtrl (the Scintilla wrapper)
extension module.

USE_SWIG If you have edited any of the *.i files you
will need to set this flag to non-zero so SWIG
will be executed to regenerate the wrapper C++
and shadow python files.

etc.

D. To build and install wxPython you simply need to execute the
setup.py script. If you have more than one version of Python
installed, be sure to execute setup.py with the version you want to
build wxPython for. Depending on the permissions on your
site-packages directory you may need to be root to run the install
command.

python setup.py build install

If you need to change any of the build flags that can also be done
on the setup.py command line, like this:

python setup.py BUILD_GLCANVAS=0 build install

If you are using GTK 2.x then you'll want to add these flags:

python setup.py WXPORT=gtk2 UNICODE=1 build install

If you would like to install to someplace besides the Python
site-packages directory (such as to your home directory) then you
can add "--root=<path>" after the "install" command. To use
wxPython like this you'll need to ensure that the directory
containing wxPyrthon is contained in in the PYTHONPATH environment
variable.

gexiaofei · 07-26-2003, 09:18 AM

there is no setup.py in the files I download.

and there is nothing in the files you gave
(http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/...-2.4.1.2.tar.gz)

anything wrong?

ppuru · 07-26-2003, 09:22 AM

Puchetao

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Good write up on python installation.

megaspaz · 07-27-2003, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by gexiaofei
there is no setup.py in the files I download.

and there is nothing in the files you gave
(http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/...-2.4.1.2.tar.gz)

anything wrong?

you need to pick a server. save the tarball and untar it. i downloaded it on my box and there is indeed a setup.py file.

edit: click this link. http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/w...2.4.1.2.tar.gz

you messed up the link in the quote somehow... actually seeing it in this edit box it looks like it's possible you just copied the text from the browser page. a lot of these forums shorten the displayed url. just click the link and you'll the get the choose mirror page. or if you need to copy the address, usually something like a right-click over the displayed text > copy location (or copy link location, etc) will work better for you.