On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Mike Driscoll
<mdriscoll@[...].us>  wrote:
>  chris botos wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to get 2.8.10.1 up and running on a Solaris 10 x86 box, python
> > 2.5.
> >
> > Following the BUILD instructions, and making a couple of adjustments,
> > I have been able to compile everything to the point where one of two
> > things happen, depending on some conditions.
> >
> > 1) With LD_LIBRARY_PATH = /opt/wx/2.8/lib, and the
> > PYTHONPATH=/opt/wx/wxPython-src-2.8.10.1/wxPython:... I get the
> > following:
> >
> > Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Dec 20 2007, 16:09:34)
> > [GCC 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-branch+sol_rpath)] on sunos5
> > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >
> >>>>
> >>>> import wx
> >>>>
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> >  File "/opt/wx/wxPython-src-2.8.10.1/wxPython/wx/__init__.py", line
> > 45, in <module>
> >   from wx._core import *
> >  File "/opt/wx/wxPython-src-2.8.10.1/wxPython/wx/_core.py", line 4, in
> > <module>
> >   import _core_
> > ImportError: ld.so.1: python2.5: fatal: libiconv.so.2: open failed: No
> > such file or directory
> >
> > 2) If I add the location of libiconv.so.2, so that  LD_LIBRARY_PATH =
> > /opt/wx/2.8/lib:/usr/local/lib and repeat the above, wx seems to
> > import without error.
> > However, when I try to create an app, as follows, the system hangs, is
> > unresponsive, and I am stuck.
> >
> >
> >>>>
> >>>> import wx
> >>>> app = wx.PySimpleApp()
> >>>>
> >
> > ----------
> > To get to this point, the first thing I did was upgrade to GTK+-2.12.0
> > and dependencies from sunfreeware.com, installed in /usr/local.
> > I've tried a number of variations of the BUILD instructions' parameters.
> > In those cases where the build was completed without apparent error,
> > my procedure has been:
> >
> > setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib
> > setenv PKG_CONFIG_PATH /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
> >
> > Create .configure and .make in $WXDIR/bld :
> > ../configure    --prefix=/opt/wx/2.8 >>        --with-gtk >>        --with-open
gl > >        --with-gnomeprint >>        --enable-optimize >>        --enable-de
bug_flag > >        --enable-geometry >>        --enable-graphics_ctx >>        -
-enable-sound --with-sdl > >        --enable-mediactrl >>        --enable-display >> 
       --enable-unicode > >
> > gmake $* >>    && gmake -C contrib/src/gizmos $* >>    && gmake -C contrib/src/stc $*
> >
> > Then execute:
> > .config
> > .make
> > .make install
> > cd ../wxPython
> > gedit config.py ---> Uncomment the recommended block of code for Solaris
> > python2.5 setup.py build_ext --inplace
> > --include-dirs="/usr/X11R6/include" --force
> >        (without the include, there was a compile error)
> >
> > Then I try the experiments from 1 and 2 above.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any help or suggestions.
> >
> > Chris Botos
> > ____________________
> 
>  Are you actually trying to run wx from within IDLE? While I don't run
>  Solaris, I have seen IDLE behave badly (especially the Tk GUI version of
>  IDLE) when I try to run wx interactively  like that. In fact, IDLE will
>  either hang, die or spit out a traceback.
> 
>  - Mike
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IT WORKS!!  I can run the demo!
Thank you Robin and Mike for your suggestions!

Mention of GTK got me wondering if I could somehow test it
independently.  So I found gtk-demo and ran it under a few different
conditions, and at least as much as I exercised it seemed OK.

Then I tried gedit.  With the LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to /usr/local/lib,
and I typed gedit without arguments, it came up and seemed to be fine.
 It also contained the updated GTK widgets and tool symbols.

However if I tried gedit with an existing filename, it would come up,
but keystrokes did nothing, and after several seconds, it just died
without any error messages.

When I went back to the no-argument case, and tried to save a file, I
got an error dialog that said "UTF8 to 646 is not supported.  Could
not save the file!"

With some googling I found that this message could mean that a file
named "charset.alias" was not found.  I found it in /usr/lib and
copied it to /usr/local/lib. Then gedit then worked fine without
error.

Then I went back and built wx again as I described initially, but took
the detour Robin suggested after the first .make and before .make
install.  $WXDIR/bld/samples/minimal/minimal came up as I am supposing
it should.

BTW this seems like a very nice mid-course check that could save alot
of time if it didn't work.

I went on to finish the build, and the demo came up right away.  What
a beautiful thing to see!  I'll probably have more questions as I
start to use it, but for now I'm going home to celebrate.

Thanks again!  (BTW Mike, I don't use IDLE, but I'm glad to know about
the issue.)

Chris
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