On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 05:20:27AM -0400, Greg Steffensen wrote:

I'm releasing another version of the clip art browser. Lots of bug fixes, some performance improvements, code cleanups, and a new installation procedure (yes, yet another).

Installation is now 3 steps, and hopefully easier than ever:

1. Satisfy the dependencies of Python 2.4 and PyGTK 2.6.

2. Download and run the following script, which installs the python

setuptools:

http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py

3. Run "easy_install clipartbrowser"

As you can see, I've switched the installation system from Makefiles to the python setuptools. The setuptools are still under development (they're apparently going to be included in python 2.5), and I'm still very much learning how to use them, so the packaging isn't as polished as it needs to be, but this makes installation a breeze. Eventually, it should allow arbitrary python dependencies to be intelligently installed as well using the same process.

I'm still working on getting this integrated back into the Inkscape effects menu, that's next on the list. As always, feedback greatly appreciated.

Hi Greg,

I get the following error when trying to do this:

blackwold tmp # python ez_setup.py Downloading http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/2.3/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6a5-py2.... Processing setuptools-0.6a5-py2.3.egg creating /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/setuptools-0.6a5-py2.3.egg Extracting setuptools-0.6a5-py2.3.egg to /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages Adding setuptools 0.6a5 to easy-install.pth file Installing easy_install script to /usr/bin

Installed /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/setuptools-0.6a5-py2.3.egg Processing dependencies for setuptools==0.6a5 Setuptools version 0.6a5 or greater has been installed. (Run "ez_setup.py -U setuptools" to reinstall or upgrade.) blackwold tmp # easy_install clipartbrowser Searching for clipartbrowser Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/clipartbrowser/ Best match: clipartbrowser 0.41 Downloading http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/source/c/clipartbrowser/clipartbrowser... Processing clipartbrowser-0.41.tar.gz Running clipartbrowser-0.41/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-ksy6VC/clipartbrowser-0.41/egg-dist-tmp-AMViVY File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/ClipartBrowser/browser.py", line 103 @staticmethod ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Adding clipartbrowser 0.41 to easy-install.pth file Installing clipartbrowser script to /usr/bin

Installed /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/clipartbrowser-0.41-py2.3.egg Processing dependencies for clipartbrowser

Bryce