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Comment on Installation of PyQt on Mac OS X by Tore Torset

Tore Torset — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:20:19 +0000

Hi, thanks for the guide!

I do however have some problems making it work on Snow Leopard (10.6.2). I’m quite new to a lot of this, so I hope someone can help me out

I’m using:
Python 2.6.4
Sip-4.10
PyQt-mac-gpl-4.7
qt-mac-cocoa-opensource-4.6.2

Other QT verions did not work (error: Failed to determine the layout of your Qt installation when trying to configure PyQt)

Now however, I am stuck on a different error. When trying to configure PyQt i get the following error:
Error: Unable to create the C++ code.

Ive tried to rebuild sip using -arch i386 as well, but I’m not sure if it is sip causing this…
Can it be a problem of the Qt install?

I’ve tried configuring PyQt using –verbose -j 1 –no-designer-plugin -q as proposed above by mark, or as propsed by original poster and also –use-arch i386. All return the same error of not being able to create the c++ code

Could compiling the Qt installation work?
When browsing ftp://ftp.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/ for source versions, I could’nt find the mac version src for 4.6.x… Perhaps someone could point me to the correct source to use for 4.6.x and higher?

Any hints and tips is appreciated!
Will

Comment on Installing Duplicity on Mac OS X by Rob Oakes

Rob Oakes — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:34:56 +0000

The version of python that ships with Snow Leopard is a very strange duck. Apparently, it can execute both 32 bit and 64 bit code, but getting the code to compile can be a bit difficult. This is the problem that I’ve run into with PyQt. Installing the pre-built binaries (from the Qt website) doesn’t work (or at least it doesn’t work well). If you build Qt yourself for x86_64, then you can get PyQt to build and install, but will get errors at run-time. I have not yet found aa work-around, or the magical set of compiler commands and luck which will yield success.

If anyone else has ideas or workarounds, I’d love to hear them.

Comment on Installing Duplicity on Mac OS X by Henrik Olsen

Henrik Olsen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:14:44 +0000

Might be that Python 2.6 is only 64-bit on OS X 10.6. Hmmmm, then what to do…? When gnugpg apparently needs to run in 32-bit.

Comment on Installing Duplicity on Mac OS X by Henrik Olsen

Henrik Olsen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:05:40 +0000

Using

./configure CC=”gcc -arch i386″

for all dependencies (as needed for gnugpg according to http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/), and having used

CFLAGS=”-arch i386 ”
python setup.py –librsync-dir=/usr/local build
python setup.py install –prefix=/usr/local
export PYTHONPATH=’/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/’

for the final duplicity install (to get it in /usr/local), I got an apparently clean install.

But… Running a simple version check gives this

duplicity -V
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/bin/duplicity”, line 41, in
from duplicity import collections
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/duplicity/collections.py”, line 29, in
from duplicity import path
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/duplicity/path.py”, line 36, in
from duplicity import librsync
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/duplicity/librsync.py”, line 29, in
import _librsync
ImportError: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/duplicity/_librsync.so, 2): Symbol not found: _rs_file_copy_cb
Referenced from: /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/duplicity/_librsync.so
Expected in: flat namespace
in /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/duplicity/_librsync.so

Googling _rs_file_copy_cb only finds one entry, suggesting using Python 2.6 instead of Python 2.5 (already using 2.6). Any ideas/similar experience?

Comment on Installing Duplicity on Mac OS X by Rob Oakes

Rob Oakes — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:43:42 +0000

Thanks for the head up. I have had a lot of trouble compiling software on Snow Leopard. It’s been a while since I tried to compile NCFTP. I have been having serious problems with PyQt and have not been using Time Drive on Mac for a while. It’s probably time that re-visit this topic and update the instructions.

Comment on Installing Duplicity on Mac OS X by Henrik Olsen

Henrik Olsen — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:02:27 +0000

All above libraries missing above have been manually downloaded and installed now.

By the way, ncftp won’t compile on a clean Snow Leopard install, since the configure script refers to the 10.4 SDK which is not in Xcode in OS X 10.6. Correct as needed. I have informed ncftp maintainers about this now.

Comment on Installing Duplicity on Mac OS X by Henrik Olsen

Henrik Olsen — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:50:23 +0000

Running .configure on gnupg-2.0.15 on Mac OS X 10.6.2 gives me this ending:

configure:
***
*** You need libgpg-error to build this program.
** This library is for example available at
*** ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error
*** (at least version 1.4 is required.)
***
configure:
***
*** You need libgcrypt to build this program.
** This library is for example available at
*** ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/
*** (at least version 1.4.0 using API 1 is required.)
***
configure:
***
*** You need libassuan to build this program.
*** This library is for example available at
*** ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libassuan/
*** (at least version 2.0.0 (API 2) is required).
***
configure:
***
*** You need libksba to build this program.
*** This library is for example available at
*** ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libksba/
*** (at least version 1.0.2 using API 1 is required).
***
configure:
***
*** It is now required to build with support for the
*** GNU Portable Threads Library (Pth). Please install this
*** library first. The library is for example available at
*** ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/pth/
*** On a Debian GNU/Linux system you can install it using
*** apt-get install libpth-dev
*** To build GnuPG for Windows you need to use the W32PTH
*** package; available at:
*** ftp://ftp.g10code.com/g10code/w32pth/
***
configure: error:
***
*** Required libraries not found. Please consult the above messages
*** and install them before running configure again.
***

Apparently a lot of libraries are missing.

Comment on Hannibal, Napoleon, and Joseph Charles Minard by Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:21:54 +0000

Seeing the railroad routes triggered a memory — once I had a discussion with a friend’s father about re-drawing maps (specifically rail maps) in terms of journey time rather than actual distances. We thought it might position some places in Sussex effectively in the middle of the Channel, when compared to the mainline routes such as Brighton. Perhaps one could add an average wait time for services too – these branch lines have fairly infrequent services, it would place them relatively further away. Of course all the relative distances/journey times I have assumed to be commutes from London.

Comment on Back In Time (Part 1): Linux Backup Made Easy by Statistics With R – Why? and Why Not? | 小石头工作室 . Stone Studio .

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:55:38 +0000

[...] else. That is to say, it seeks to be “Good Enough”, and therein lies the problem, I don’t want a tool that is good enough. I want to use excellent software, even if it’s different or requires me to learn new [...]

Comment on Introducing LyX-Outline 0.1 by Rob Oakes

Rob Oakes — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:51:09 +0000

@Orkhan. Thank you for the link. I was unaware of this project. It looks wonderful. Even though I’m pretty invested in Open Source tools (like LyX and LaTeX), I quite like Microsoft Word. It’s an excellent general purpose tool. This add-on would make it even more powerful.

However, I’m not sure that i would be a very good fit for the type of writing that I typically do (long, boring academic stuff). For that, I tend to prefer LaTeX and LyX, which is why I’m still slowly working on LyX-Outline.

To answer your previous question, I’m still working on it, but it is progressing slowly. My highest priority at the moment is to finish a book that I’m writing. As soon as that is finished, I have to wrap-up a study for publication. Once that is out of the way, then I intend to dive into LyX-Outline with a passion.

Comment on Introducing LyX-Outline 0.1 by Orkhan

Orkhan — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:46:17 +0000

Hi Rob,

I thought it might be interesting to know that there is another project underway marrying Scrivener with Word.

http://writingoutliner.com/

Comment on Eragon Shadeslayer: Sociopath by Flakey

Flakey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:46:08 +0000

“He fights for the freedom of all those being oppressed by the Empire, and for the re-establishment of the Riders” The riders have never gone away though. The riders were in charge when there was a group, The riders are in charge when there just King Galbatorix, and the riders will be in charge when Eragon takes over. No matter how people try to dress this up. This is not a battle for the freedom of the people, it more about a power play between the powerful of the land.

Comment on Time Drive 0.2 – A “More S” Release: More Stable, More Secure, More Settings and Now Supports Amazon S3 Storage by Frederico

Frederico — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:06:08 +0000

Congrats!!! Much better than Back in Time.

This version does not give me the option to backup every hour (I know I am mad) …

Comment on Introducing LyX-Outline 0.1 by Orkhan

Orkhan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:09:26 +0000

Sorry, if I sounded blatant

Comment on Introducing LyX-Outline 0.1 by Orkhan

Orkhan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:06:19 +0000

Hello there,

How are you? And how is the project? I might be missing the news, but it seems there aren’t any.