[Pythonmac-SIG] using the "PyUSB" module

Andrew Straw strawman at astraw.com
Tue Apr 7 19:48:32 CEST 2009


I have done a terrible job advertising and documenting this, but I have
a ctypes based wrapper of libusb which therefore does not require Xcode
to be installed:

https://code.astraw.com/projects/pylibusb

Perhaps it suits your needs?

-Andrew

Rekow Warren wrote:
> Chris and Kevin, thanks for the feedback.
> I did this...
> 
> DualG4-2:~ rekow$ python /Applications/pyusb-0.4.1/setup.py install
> 
> ...and got this result...
> 
> running install
> running build
> running build_ext
> building 'usb' extension
> Compiling with an SDK that doesn't seem to exist:
> /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk
> Please check your Xcode installation
> ...
> 
> Under /Developer/SDKs/ there is no "MacOSX10.4u.sdk", but there is a
> "MacOSX10.4.0.sdk" folder.
> Have any idea how to fix this?
> Warren
> 
> 
> On Apr 3, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Christopher Barker wrote:
> 
> Chris Rebert wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Rekow Warren
>> <warren_rekow at speedyquick.net> wrote:
>>> I am a new MacPython (ver 2.6.1) user who has downloaded the "PyUSB"
>>> module,
>>> but am unclear about how to make it available for use in a program.
>>> Included
>>> among the downloaded files is 'setup.py' (and 'setup.pyc'). Running
> 
>> You have to give setup.py a command argument; it cannot be run without
>> any arguments. That command should give you a list and explanation
>> from which you can figure out which command you want.
> 
> Chances are, it is:
> 
> $ python setup.py install
> 
> -Chris
> 
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