Re: xml2po (gnome-doc-utils)

[Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>]

Thanks to everyone who responded so promptly and helpfully to my plea  
for help. I'll try to reply to each here:

On 28/12/2005, at 10:56 AM, Abel Cheung wrote:

> The python binding of libxml2 is probably missing from system.
> You can search for file named libxml2.py under python install
> location (assuming it's /usr/lib/python2.4 here)

Interesting: fink says I have python2.4, but /usr/lib shows a  
python2.3, not 2.4. Could I be missing a part?
> $ find /usr/lib/python2.4 -name 'libxml2.py' -print
>
> If it's not found, indeed you must install the missing part.

Not found (unsurprisingly, since there's no python2.4 dir in /usr/ 
lib). :(

Simos wrote:

> xml2po is a Python script, therefore for libxml2 support you need  
> the "libxml2 Python binding" package.
> On Linux this is a package called "libxml2-python". Can you find  
> such a package on OS/X?

No. :(

And fink doesn't list it.

> Have a look at http://xmlsoft.org/python.html for some additional  
> help.

dan wrote:

> That looks like an error that python could not load the python libxml2
> module (libxml2.py). I'm pretty sure OS X does not supply this module,
> although it does include python2.3 and many other libxml2 and libxslt
> tools.

You are quite right.

> What exactly does "have libxml2 in my $PATH" mean?

Actually, I was wrong. The libxml2 directory is in /usr/include, not / 
usr/bin or similar, which is listed in my PATH:
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Pearl:~/Vietnamese/Main Projects/Gnome/gnome-doc-utils clytie$ echo  
$PATH
/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ 
X11R6/bin
____
> Do you use
> the fink package manager?

Yes, via the FinkCommander GUI, much easier for someone with as  
little personal RAM as I have. ;)

It doesn't list anything for libxml2-python, only libxml2, libxml2- 
bin and libxml2-shlibs, my outdated version of which I'm updating as  
I type.

I haven't started using DarwinPorts, but I've heard good things about  
it. I had a look under libxml:

http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/ports/? 
by=name&substr=libxml&Search=Submit

the last one, pyxml2, is that what I need?

I wanted to get into DarwinPorts anyway, so I'm installing it now.  
Hell hath no fury like a woman who can't install gnome-doc-utils. ;)

Danilo said:

> Check your PYTHONPATH (it needs to point to libxml2 Python module, I
> don't have a slightest idea where it might be installed on your
> system; try searching for libxml2.py and libxml2mod.so, for me, they
> are in /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/).

With "echo $PYTHONPATH"? I just got a blank line. :S
> > Do I need to install the whole gnome-doc-utils? Or is there something
> > else I need to do differently?
>
> It's always better if you install it, since it checks for dependencies
> for you.  You can run xml2po without installing just by accident, or
> at least every user should think about it that way. :)

Naturally, I want to be a right-thinking user. :)

I just tried installing it, switching to the gnome-doc-utils dir. and  
typing "./configure" (as usual, and as recommended in the INSTALL  
doc). I've never got this reaction before:
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Pearl:~/Vietnamese/Main Projects/Gnome/gnome-doc-utils clytie$ ./ 
configure
-bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
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There's a configure.in file, and a makefile.am. Do I need to change  
to a sub-directory? I wondered if I'd missed a file when I checked  
out the whole dir yesterday, but when I tried again today, cvs only  
updated a few of the ones I already had.

Somehow, this isn't turning out to be one of those quick, simple  
processes which let you get on with your translation... <sigh>

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhÃm  
Viát hÃa phán mám tá do)
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