mypaint would not work, pygtk woudnt compile

[blurymind]

so here is what i get after starting mypaint:

Code:

RuntimeError: pygtk was not compiled with Numeric Python support

and the brush doesnt touch the canvas..

so i say to myself..mkay,i will recompile it with numpy support (numpy is the package for numeric python- its at the repo)
so i compile it,using a slackbuild for slackware 12.1 and i also try doing it the way i normally do and this is what i get:

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/blurymind/Packages/pygtk/pygtk-2.12.1/gtk'
Making all in examples
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/blurymind/Packages/pygtk/pygtk-2.12.1/examples'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/blurymind/Packages/pygtk/pygtk-2.12.1/examples'
Making all in tests
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/blurymind/Packages/pygtk/pygtk-2.12.1/tests'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/blurymind/Packages/pygtk/pygtk-2.12.1/tests'
Making all in docs
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/blurymind/Packages/pygtk/pygtk-2.12.1/docs'
make  all-am
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/blurymind/Packages/pygtk/pygtk-2.12.1/docs'
make[3]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/pygobject/style.css', needed by `all-am'.  Stop.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/blurymind/Packages/pygtk/pygtk-2.12.1/docs'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/blurymind/Packages/pygtk/pygtk-2.12.1/docs'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/blurymind/Packages/pygtk/pygtk-2.12.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2

i try compiling it with prefix=/usr and i get the same...

[blurymind]

i recompiled and packaged pygobject.The problem was that previous pygobject package had --disable-docs option...that way pygtk would not compile.I created a new slackbuild and package that fixes that. Now pygtk compiles, i recompiled and repackaged pygtk (it now has numerical support both in package and new slackbuild)  ..I will upload them to my contrib later

Now i only have to figure out how to package my paint,it uses scons..

[blurymind]

ok i managed to compile pygtk and i even passed it --enable-numpy ... and still,i get the same error in mypaint

[rbistolfi]

Looks like pygtk need to be patched for numpy, I am doing some reading I will post back if I find something.

[blurymind]

Looks like pygtk need to be patched for numpy, I am doing some reading I will post back if I find something.

thank you

[blurymind]

well,after spending a good time on looking for a patch or a way to get around this issue,i decided that i might go to ubuntu or some other distribution that doesnt have that issue. The only painting application for linux wouldnt run on vector linux. This is a show-stopper for me. Sorry guys

it seems to be a slackware 12.1 related problem as well.I tried using other packages . How in hell do you compile pygtk with numpy support? There is nothing hinted at the configure script.

[blurymind]

Code:

checking for Numeric/arrayobject.h... no

the stupid configure script doesnt seem to find numpy

[caitlyn]

There may actually be an easy way for you to get this to work    Go to the source repository for Ubuntu and see if they have a patch (a .diff file) for pygtk.  If they do then sbbuilder does add an optional (commented out line) in the generated SlackBuild to apply the patch.  Uncomment and adjust that line and try compiling under VL 6 with the Ubuntu patch.  This has actually worked for me for a couple of things.