[Pythonmac-SIG] Python/XDarwin/Tkinter on OS X 10.1

[Bob Ippolito]

Without fink, there's my package that doesn't depend on xfree at all 
that I put together when I decided to port pygame to OS X.
It's available at: http://redivi.com/~bob/

It's kinda hefty because all debug symbols and development headers for 
all the frameworks are included, and it includes a slew of stuff, but it 
covers more or less anything you could need for general python stuff (at 
least, more or less everything I use).

The installer is readily available and has been reported working by a 
bunch of people other than myself... but to my surprise IE and Stuffit 
truncate filenames to 31 characters or so.. so you'll have to 
download/rename and untar with something other than stuffit.  I will be 
making a new package with a shorter name and such in the coming few 
weeks when/if I get my altivec optimizations (don't worry, it won't 
break G3 support) for SDL finished and possibly even a few into Numeric 
and/or PIL when I'm at it.  For any of you that like low level bit 
twiddling (or have a thirst for performance), and can grok C.. I highly 
suggest learning how to use the altivec instructions.

-bob

On Friday, January 18, 2002, at 02:26 PM, Jacob Kaplan-Moss wrote:

> All --
>
> Jack asked for descriptions of the various Aqua UI options, so I 
> thought I'd throw in what I've done.  Using Fink, I've gotten 
> MachoPython and Tkinter working with OSX 10.1 and XDarwin.  I've now 
> done this on a bunch of machines, and its a really nice way of getting 
> Tkinter working easily.
>
> The short version:
>
> - Install Fink
> - Add "unstable/main" to the "Trees:" line in /sw/etc/fink.conf
> - From the command line:
>
> 	[localhost:~] jacob% fink selfupdate
> 		(say yes to "packages from CVS")
> 	[localhost:~] jacob% fink install xfree86-base
> 	[localhost:~] jacob% fink install xfree86-rootless
> 	[localhost:~] jacob% fink install windowmaker
> 	[localhost:~] jacob% fink install python
> 	[localhost:~] jacob% python
> 	>>> import Tkinter
> 	>>> #YAY!
>
> The longer version:
>
> 1.  Install Fink (see fink.sf.net for specific instructions).  I use 
> the source install option, which seemed the best for me since I like 
> the change the default directory and such.
>
> 2.  Set Fink to use the unstable/main branch (some of the packages 
> (xfree86-rootless, for one) are in the unstable branch, so we'll need 
> Fink to use it).  The way to do this is to edit the fink.conf file 
> (/sw/etc/fink.conf) and add "unstable/main" to the end of the "Trees:" 
> line.  My "Trees:" line is: "Trees: local/main stable/main 
> stable/crypto local/bootstrap unstable/main"
>
> 3.  Update Fink (fink selfupdate).  When it asks you if you want to get 
> curent packages from CVS, say yes.
>
> 4.  Install xfree86.  Fink's xfree86 is split into two packages, you'll 
> need to install xfree86-base, then xfree86-rootless.  I use "fink 
> install ..." to install those packages, which builds them from source 
> but takes a long time, if time is an issue you might want to use 
> "apt-get install ..."
>
> 5.  Install a window manager.  I use WindowMaker, but any one with a 
> Fink package should work in theory.
>
> 6.  Install Python ("fink install python").
>
> 7.  Enjoy; you should be good to go!
>
> Should I write this up as a web page?
>
> Jacob
>
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