Re: meld/pygtk on solaris

["Kevin Grover" <kevin kevingrover net>]

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Soul Boy <redgreenandpotatoe yahoo co uk> wrote:
> Hi thanks for the reply.
>
> You are right I do have 2 versions of python.
>
> I changed the bang link and now I get

Just so you know, I fat-fingered the message: it's really called a
'bang line' (not link)

> bash-3.00$ meld
> /opt/csw/bin/meld: line 25: syntax error near unexpected token `"--pychecker"'
> /opt/csw/bin/meld: line 25: `    sys.argv.remove("--pychecker")'

So, what did you change the bang line to?  It should be

#!/opt/csw/bin/python

To correspond to the path below.

>
> I am running this version of python:
>
> bash-3.00$ /opt/csw/bin/python
> Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Nov  3 2007, 02:54:36) [C] on sunos5
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
>
> Any ideas ?

Just the above.  The path to whatever is on the 'bang line' (i.e.
after #!) gets run and feed the text of the file as input.  The usual
(Python) convention is to use "#!/usr/bin/env python" which runs
/usr/bin/env with an argument of 'python'.  /usr/bin/env looks for
python on the path and runs it.

This allows you to specify an interpreter script (that's on the path)
without know exactly where it is on the path.  Many other scripts are
invoked with an explicit path.  Both are right, it's just a matter of
style and preference.

So, again, what, exactly, did you change that line to?  If you type in
the portion (after the #!) it should run the python you're interested
in.  If not, something is wrong.

Also, how are you invoking meld?


> Gareth
>
> 2008/6/5 Kevin Grover <kevin kevingrover net>:
>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Gareth <redgreenandpotatoe yahoo co uk> wrote:
>>> Hi I tried manually installing and using the pre build solaris package and I get
>>> the following error
>>>
>>> bash-3.00$ meld
>>> No module named pygtk
>>> Meld requires pygtk2.6.0 or higher.
>>>
>>> However when I check the version pygtk installed I find its above 2.6.0
>>>
>>> bash-3.00$ pkg-get -u pygtk
>>> WARNING: gpg not found
>>> No worries... you already have version 2.12.1 of pygtk
>>> If you doubt this message, run 'pkg-get -U', then run
>>>  'pkg-get upgrade pygtk'
>>> bash-3.00$
>>>
>>>
>>> Any ideas ?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> G
>>>
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>>
>>
>> You may have several versions of Python installed.  In which case,
>> PyGTK may not be installed for the one you are running.  Look to see
>> which version of Python your running and which ones are installed on
>> your machine.  You may just need to change the bang link in meld to
>> point to the version of python that actually has PyGTK installed
>> (/usr/bin/python2.4 or /usr/bin/python2.5 for example).
>>
>> NOTE: if you DO have several versions installed DO NOT try to delete
>> any unless you installed it.  Some system apps may depend on them.
>>
>> - Kevin
>>
>