But apart from that, what basic concept am I not understanding about installing packages on Linux?
I am used to installing packages using package managers - mostly apt-get and zypper. I have occasionally installed from source, often with no trouble. However I recently installed Gnash and discovered that it has a Python binding that must be compiled from source and this has led down a rabbithole making me feel stupider at each turn.
First, I attempt do a ./configure --enable-python in the gnash source dir. This ends up failing with an error that
package pygtk-codegen-2.0 isn't found
The lead developer, Rob Savoye, was kind enough to point me at packages.debian.org, telling me I just need to locate this package. After many failed searches, I found that the python-gtk2-dev package contains this ... file? script? Great, but I couldn't figure out how to obtain the python-gtk2-dev package. It doesn't exist in any of my openSUSE configured repositories.
So I headed to the GNOME site and searched, found that the PyGTK package contains pygtk-codegen. Download the tarball, cd, ./configure, and this fails because I don't have GLIB. After some more searching I use zypper to install glib2-devel (libglib-2.0 was already installed), and now PyGTK fails to configure because I don't have GObject.
Find that, download tarball, cd, ./configure, fail. I don't have gobject-introspection-1.0, apparently. I DO have gobject-introspection installed, and it's version is ≥ 1.0, but that's what the script says.
So I will readily admit I am new to Linux, but I have to be missing some basic step here. Can anyone give me a clue about any of the above? Is it normal to have to install one dependency after another like this? Is OpenSUSE the wrong distro? What would make this process not so horrible?
I was trying to install MySQLbd (a module for python to connect and access MySQL) I followed these steps for installation[URL].. but while I am getting some installation errors. When I try to run $ python set.py build I am getting the following errors (I removed few errors as I can post more than 10000 characters here)
This borders on stackoverflow/superuser, but I guess it's a simple installation problem.I've installed python-twisted on my ubuntu 10.04 server, but it can't be found.This is what I get when I try to import something:
>>> from twisted.internet import reactor Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in [code]....
I've installed the package through apt-get.That way the module is installed in this folder: /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted with an __init__.py file.When I try to use python setup.py install (on the download from the site) it installs it to /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted, but it also does not find it there.
in ubuntu 10.10, I have installed python 2.7. I would like to use apt-get to install packages to this version of python but I haven't been able to figure out howThings I have tried without success:changing the symlink at /usr/bin/python to point to /usr/bin/python2.7 - even after doing this apt-get still installs stuff to python2.6.Set up python2.7 as the primary alternative using update-alternatives - doesn't work
I need to install module u32 into the netfilter module for kernel 2.6.27.
I did not see the source code in the kernel version I have. where can I find the code for U32 module.
I have checked "netfilter.org" and looks like POM is discontinued. Is the u32 module committed to kernel version 2.6.27 or need to patch it. If yes, where can I find the patch?
I am new to linux. I want to make use of an ".so" module in my python programme. I have successfully installed the ".so" module by a setup file. But when I try to import the ".so" module in my python programme I am getting an error like ImportError: /usr/local/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/_first.so: undefined symbol: __fread_chk.I am working on opensuse server. Please let me know if you require any further information.
After trying to upgrade from fedora 10 to fedora 11 gui and yum will not run. When i try to use yum i get a message that module urlgrabber is missing or wrong version. also libssl.so.7 is missing.
I have a testing server (Centos 5.4) with cpanel installed, once i ran a script which erases log files by using the find and rm command.
Anyway looks like this script deleted one of the modules to python, the logging module. so python stopped working, i thought reinstalling it should solve the problem so i downloaded the tar ball and reinstalled python from source and it's all the same.
Now yum command isn't working because it's giving me this error "no module named logging".
I decided to synchronize the whole python folder /usr/lib/python2.4/ from the live server using rsync and it did not help
I searched for the yum rpm package and i downloaded and installed yum-3.2.22-20.el5.centos.src.rpm using rpm and it did not help.
Just throwing out a blanket call to see if anyone has been able to install the Pycrypto module (2.1.0) from source using Python 3.1.1? I have been able to get past two minor errors:
1. Error - File "setup.py", line 46 raise RuntimeError, ("The Python Cryptography Toolkit require " SyntaxError: invalid syntax Solution - remove comma (,) and space prior to bracket
I'm trying to run a backup script in an application which reports the following error message:
Quote:
** An error occurred while performing the backup process. ** Exception -> ['Traceback (most recent call last): ', ' File "backupdb.py", line 402, in main ', ' File "wtbackup.py", line 2665, in main
I am trying to get the python GUI working for OpenIPMI on Ubuntu and I can't find the required OpenIPMI python module. where to find this module suitable for Ubuntu 8.04.4 (Lucid)? There are RPMs available for different RedHat flavours but I can't find anything for Ubuntu.
Streamtuner2 installed via yum under either F13 or F14 complains that the pyquery python module is missing. My vague understanding is that it is relevant to parsing some xml. Pyquery doesn't seem to be in rpm form in any of the repositories, but can easily be installed from source:
As root: Code: yum install mercurial As a regular user: Code: hg clone [URL] cd pyquery python setup.py build As root, in the pyquery directory: Code: python setup.py install
Streamtuner2 works without pyquery, but I'm guessing can parse information about more streams with it.
How do you easily switch Flash players in Firefox on Linux between Adobe Flash and Gnash? Neither players work very well, but when one fails, the other usually works, so being able to quickly try one after the other would be extremely convenient. There's a buggy Firefox plugin, but it only works on Windows, and only supports switching between the various Adobe Flash versions.
The only way I know how to switch players on Firefox Linux is to shutdown Firefox, uninstall Gnash, reinstall Adobe Flash, and restart Firefox. This is obviously quite painful, and pretty much keeps me tied to Adobe Flash. Is there an easier way?
I have some .swf files that I want to view and I used Ubuntu Software Center to download Gnash SWF Viewer but it doesn't work and I still can't view the files. What should I do?
If you had Gimp 2.6 (with gimp-plugin-registry installed) and installed Gimp 2.7 to try its new goodies, but Layer Effects are not showing, and when executing "gimp" from console you get these *nasty* errors:
Code: This is a development version of GIMP. Debug messages may appear here. gimp-user-install: migrating from /home/user/.gimp-2.6 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/layerfx.py", line 23, in <module> import gimp, gimpplugin, math ImportError: No module named gimp .....
If you haven't install the 2.7 version yet. Before upgrading, backup "python" directory and then just restore it after installing 2.7.
I'm running Ubuntu 10.4 64bit, and I would like to run python 32bit.The current Python version used is the 64bit one.What can be some good ways for installing the python 32bit version without compromising the OS. I'm kind of new to this, so I don't really know if I could substitute the python version, or know how to make it available by using short commands such as python or easy_install.
I have been trying to install the NumPy package for Python on to my home directory, as I run as part of a server and do not have permissions to install new packages in the Linux server.
I have set up Python in my home directory, and have configured ~/.bash_profile to find my local Python (which works, confirmed by testing).
However, when I attempt to install the NumPy package, I get the message error: could not create '/usr/local/lib/python2.6': Permission denied Which I find strange because I do not see why it would need to install files anywhere except my local Python directory.
how I might be able to specify the directory in which files are installed?
I've a 64-bit Ubuntu Linux machine. Linux version 2.6.28-14-generic (buildd@yellow) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #47-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 25 01:19:55 UTC 2009 Ubuntu 9.04 Linux Debian 5.0 ( 2.6.28-14-generic x86_64)
When I tried to install the python-dev package on it using the command sudo apt-get install python-dev, I got following messages.
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: python-dev 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 271 not upgraded. Need to get 978B of archives. After this operation, 24.6kB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! python-dev Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main python-dev 2.6.2-0ubuntu1 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80] Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...buntu1_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80] E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
Tried with --fix-missing option as well. Same errors in this case also. How I can install python-dev package on 64-bit Ubuntu Linux machine?
I used ubutu as my os previously.But i like to learn linux more deeply. so i install chakra in to my laptop.Then i update it.During updating i got a error massage
ERROR: Module nvidia is in use In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.
I want to use that new nvidia driver .But i don't know how to do it.How should i do it.I am not an it.
Recently I was trying to look into vmware pvscsi modules for newly announced linux kernel 2.6.35-rc2. I compiled the kernel with option: make oldconfig where it asked me for various interactive options and all I did is Kept pressing the Enter ENTER key(Donno if that is the correct way to slect default ).The Kernel Compilation anyway went fine and I can see new kernel at grub screen, booted and it went fine.Now when I explored I found that nor the vmware_balloon and vmw_pvscsi modules are present which means I need to install these modules.I came to know that recently a new version of the vmware memory drivers being included through this page:
[URL]
where you can see an entry like:
Code:
MODULE_AUTHOR("VMware, Inc."); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VMware Memory Control (Balloon) Driver"); -MODULE_VERSION("1.2.1.0-K"); +MODULE_VERSION("1.2.1.1-k");
Doesn't it mean that the new kernel has new driver version inboxed?Also, I tried to install modules through modprobe and insmod(seems that this doesnt work) but couldnt do that.
I've installed openSuse 11.4 server-mode (text only) on my desktop, and I'm trying to configure IceWM so i'll eventually have it set up so it always boots into text only mode, but I could be able to quickly start icewm via the command line.using Yast, I installed the Xorg server, and icewm.when I type X, the screen goes black and it just doesn't seem to do anythingI found if I hit ctrl+alt+f1 it kinda puts me back into text only mode, but I can't put in commands anymore. The last thing it says on the screen is:
Failed to load module "fglrx" (module does not exist, 0)
I've goggled that error message and the discussions that popped up around it made no sense to me at all. I've never configured X from scratch before, can someone point me towards a tutorial or something?
i installed firefox 4 and removed the old 3.X version. did a general update that my computer showed me was available then i noticed the first problem. firefox 4 would not launch when i clicked it, it would only launch when i clicked the gnome 3 applications button and then clicked and dragged the firefox logo to the desktop, then it opened. the second problem i am now having which at the moment is more bothersome is that after i closed the lid to my laptop and opened it up again after a while and logged back in and noticed that the ENTIRE gnome 3 environment was gone. no panel no menu nothing just the desktop and a few desktop icons. i tried the command "yum install gnome-shell" but it just sed that gnome 2.31.5-7 .fc14.i686 was already installed so it wasnt gonna do anything, then i tried the "gnome-shell --replace" command and it just said
failed to load "canberra-gtk-module": libcanberra-gtk-module no such file or directory.
I cannot find the Xorg configuration file on my newly installed Debian on my tablet-pc, so I followed this tutorial [URL] and ran the command "Xorg -configure", to which I got the following error messages:
(EE) Failed to load module "vmwgfx" (module does not exist, 0) (EE) vmware: Please ignore the above warnings about not being able to load module/driver vmwgfx (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
