Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:15:11 -0400 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How can I install the python "snack" module? Message-ID: <20030924121511.GA31095@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <200309232337.02175.danny@ricin.com> References: <20030923143104.GA2316@teddy.fas.com> <200309232337.02175.danny@ricin.com>
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:37:02PM +0200, Danny Pansters wrote: > On Tuesday 23 September 2003 16:31, stan wrote: > > I'm trying to poart a small python application to FreeBSD from linux > > (routeplanner if you are curious). It requires a number of python > > modules, including "snack" I located the tarball for the module, but > > when I run configure for it I get: > > > > $ ./configure > > loading cache ./config.cache > > checking for Tcl configuration... configure: warning: Can't find Tcl > > configuration definitions > > I don't know this module. Hmm, I hope it only wants tcl to do some > precompile scripting not statically in the module. You do have tcl and > tk installed? You might have to change some paths in the config script > and Makefile. Yes, probably several versions as required by various ports. Dosen't FreeBSD put the tki/tcl stuff in some non-stnadard places to allow for having more than one version installed at once? Might this be part of the problem? > > > A brief primer on the general python module installation mthodology > > would be useful as well. I'm mainly a perl type, so python is a new > > fronteir for me. > > Usually a module or package of modules go into > /usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/somedir. This is python > convention, not FreeBSD's. Thnaks. Perl has a very structured way of doing the installation of modules for it. I was assuming that python would have at least a subset of this. Are python modules typically compiled binaries (as this one is) or are thet more typucally python code itself (as in perl modules)? > > > HTH > > Dan > > (who likes messing with python but isn't an expert) I'm a bit of a perl hacker, but, other thna jusy using things installed by, for instnace, the ports mechanisim, this is my firs foray intot python. Thanks for the help. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
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