Python

Forum: myDSL Extensions (deprecated)
Topic: Python
started by: cooler

Posted by cooler on Jan. 20 2005,03:18

Hi!

I was wondering if I go to myDSL repository and grab Python's tar.gz file, would I be able to install it properly? The thing is that it needs a C/C++ compiler to install properly, and I don't think there is one that came with DSL? So, how do I get Python installed and working properly?

Thanks!

Posted by ke4nt1 on Jan. 20 2005,04:14

The python.tar.gz filename may be fooling you...

This is not a gzipped tar that contains sources,

This file is a completely built and installed python package,
extracted from its install location in a working DSL box,
and retarred to be reinstallable back into the DSL environment..

Once installed , your python files and programs will run as if you
had compiled and installed python from sources,
or apt-get installed it from Debian.

All the files in the repository work in this fashion,
They are click-n-run add-ons for DSL.

73
ke4nt

Posted by clacker on Jan. 25 2005,13:07

One thing that I have noticed about the python.tar.gz that might throw you after you get it loaded is that when you open a bash shell and type python, it doesn't start! There is a menu item to start python under the mydsl menu. That opens up python fine, but sometimes you want to run a *.py file that's been made executable. If that's the case then open a bash shell and type:

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/python/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/python/lib

then the system knows were to look for the python files.

Posted by clivesay on Jan. 25 2005,13:56

Do the export commands need to be added to the python.tar.gz menu item?

Chris

Posted by clacker on Jan. 25 2005,14:08

They could be, but an additional menu item might be better. I've made menu items that look like this and then a bash script:

[exec] (Python bash shell) {rxvt -rv -T "Python Shell" -e /bin/bash --init-file python.script}

python.script:

Code Sample

PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/python/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/python/lib

I added the PS1= because if you don't, the prompt isn't the same as it normally is. This will keep a window open that you can work in and any *.py command will know where to look.

Posted by adam on Jan. 26 2005,21:56

Can you put python and wxPython (and wxWidgets) onto the DSL cd so I can run them on any computer?

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Jan. 26 2005,23:00

Probably not. wxPython requires much of the python-base package, and they are both very fat.

<50mb, remember?

Posted by Adam on Jan. 30 2005,13:01

I know the idea is to be <50Mb but i'm not suggesting it be put on the distro but whether i could do it as a one off. Over 50Mb if needs be