Difficulties installing Gnumeric

[Ryan Schmidt]

In fact, the missing QuickTime SDK is probably causing your error  
with python25:

http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/FAQ#Pythonfailstobuild

Maybe that was the only SDK.


On Mar 21, 2008, at 06:15, Pete Crite wrote:

> Thanks Ryan,
>
> I'll get my brother to download Xcode 2.5 and mail a DVD to me.  
> It's a pity Apple don't release it as separate files without that  
> documentation!
>
> Did you know what the other SDK was that I would need for those  
> ports? If I chose not to install Quicktime SDK and the other port,  
> I assume that I would be informed by the relevant ports when the  
> SDKs were lacking?
>
> Thanks again,
> Pete.
>
>
>
> On 21/03/2008, at 10:05 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 21, 2008, at 01:58, Pete Crite wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, and I should also mention a couple of other things.
>>>
>>> Firstly, my installation of macports from the dmg didn't really  
>>> work.
>>> I found that there was no ~/.profile file created. I attempted
>>> running the installer twice, but had to create this manually  
>>> instead.
>>
>> Yes, unfortunately there is a bug in the 1.6.0 installer packages  
>> that prevents this from working properly. You must make the file  
>> manually. This problem has already been fixed in trunk but no new  
>> installer packages have yet been produced. Sorry about that.
>>
>>
>>> Secondly, despite my threadbare XCode installation, I do find that
>>> some functionality of macports is definitely operational. For
>>> example, "sudo port selfupdate", "port search gnumeric", "port info
>>> gnumeric" all work. Also, "sudo port install gnumeric" did work for
>>> the first half an hour or so of installation.
>>
>> Xcode 2.0 is not acceptable. Please update to Xcode 2.4.1 or 2.5.
>>
>> A few ports will fail to compile if you do not install the  
>> QuickTime SDK and I believe one other SDK. I don't recall either  
>> what those few ports were, so you may not run into them.
>>
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Pete.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 21/03/2008, at 5:43 PM, Hypo Crite wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm currently experiencing difficulties installing Gnumeric. I
>>>> installed XCode and macports, then ran "sudo port install gnumeric"
>>>> from the terminal.
>>>>
>>>> I got the attached error message when the installer got up to  
>>>> python.
>>>> I am using Mac Mini 1.25GHz PPC running OSX 10.4.11.
>>>>
>>>> I may have brought this down on myself with my install of XCode.  
>>>> Due
>>>> to low bandwidth, I didn't download the newer version of XCode, but
>>>> rather the bundled version (2.0) with my Tiger install disk.
>>>>
>>>> In addition, due to low disk space, I only installed what (I  
>>>> thought)
>>>> was the minimum I needed from XCode. This was:
>>>> * Developer Tools Software
>>>> * gcc 4.0
>>>> * Mac OS X SDK
>>>> * BSD SDK
>>>> * X11 SDK
>>>> I installed only these after viewing numerous different sites and
>>>> cobbling together what I thought was necessary.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any hints?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>> Pete.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <<<<<Error message attached:>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --->  Fetching python25
>>>> --->  Attempting to fetch Python-2.5.2.tar.bz2 from http://
>>>> www.python.org//ftp/python/2.5.2/
>>>> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for python25
>>>> --->  Extracting python25
>>>> --->  Applying patches to python25
>>>> --->  Configuring python25
>>>> --->  Building python25 with target all
>>>> Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/ 
>>>> opt/
>>>> local/var/macports/build/
>>>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_la 
>>>> ng_
>>>> py
>>>> thon25/work/Python-2.5.2" && make all " returned error 2
>>>> Command output: Python/mactoolboxglue.c:425: error: 'cobj'  
>>>> undeclared
>>>> (first use in this function)
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c: At top level:
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:428: warning: parameter names (without  
>>>> types)
>>>> in function declaration
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:428: error: parse error before "cobj"
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:428: warning: function declaration isn't a
>>>> prototype
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c: In function 'UserDataObj_New':
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:428: error: 'cobj' undeclared (first use in
>>>> this function)
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c: At top level:
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:429: error: parse error before "UserData"
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:429: warning: function declaration isn't a
>>>> prototype
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:429: error: parse error before "UserData"
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:429: warning: function declaration isn't a
>>>> prototype
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c: In function 'UserDataObj_Convert':
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:429: error: 'pyobj' undeclared (first  
>>>> use in
>>>> this function)
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:429: error: 'cobj' undeclared (first use in
>>>> this function)
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c: At top level:
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:430: warning: parameter names (without  
>>>> types)
>>>> in function declaration
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:430: error: parse error before "cobj"
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:430: warning: function declaration isn't a
>>>> prototype
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c: In function 'MediaObj_New':
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:430: error: 'cobj' undeclared (first use in
>>>> this function)
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c: At top level:
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:431: error: parse error before "Media"
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:431: warning: function declaration isn't a
>>>> prototype
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:431: error: parse error before "Media"
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:431: warning: function declaration isn't a
>>>> prototype
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c: In function 'MediaObj_Convert':
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:431: error: 'pyobj' undeclared (first  
>>>> use in
>>>> this function)
>>>> Python/mactoolboxglue.c:431: error: 'cobj' undeclared (first use in
>>>> this function)
>>>> make: *** [Python/mactoolboxglue.o] Error 1
>>>>
>>>> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gnome-doc-utils
>>>> iso-codes py25-hashlib python25 p5-xml-parser perl5.8 py25-gobject
>>>> py25-libxml2 py25-numeric scrollkeeper goffice libgnomeprintui  
>>>> gnome-
>>>> icon-theme icon-naming-utils p5-getopt-long p5-pathtools p5-xml-
>>>> simple p5-xml-namespacesupport p5-xml-sax gtk2 atk cairo fontconfig
>>>> freetype libpng render xrender gtk-doc jpeg pango Xft2 xorg-xproto
>>>> xorg-util-macros shared-mime-info tiff libgnomecanvas gail intltool
>>>> gnome-common libart_lgpl libglade2 libgnomeprint bison m4
>>>> libgnomecups popt libgsf gnome-vfs desktop-file-utils gconf orbit2
>>>> libidl gnome-mime-data libbonobo pcre py25-gtk py25-cairo py25- 
>>>> numpy
>>>> fftw-3 g95 odcctools subversion apr apr-util db44 sqlite3 gawk  
>>>> gmake
>>>> readline neon
>>>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>
>>
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