X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/e8a71fa08cdf8f1ac9963b35928e42dd6ac39bc2..6caa0f5cd18fe9fb39c207d5f31fa5633479a822:/wxPython/docs/INSTALL.txt diff --git a/wxPython/docs/INSTALL.txt b/wxPython/docs/INSTALL.txt index 6b5070f7ff..146a37ea37 100644 --- a/wxPython/docs/INSTALL.txt +++ b/wxPython/docs/INSTALL.txt @@ -1,12 +1,14 @@ -Installing wxPython 2.5 from Source +Installing wxPython 2.8 from Source =================================== This document will describe the few differences and additions to the -content in BUILD.txt for installing wxPython built from source. -Please follow the intstructions both in this file and in BUILD.txt to -perform this task. Where there is overlap the items described here -will take precedence. +content in the BUILD_ document for installing wxPython built from +source. Please follow the intstructions both in this file and in +BUILD_ to perform this task. Where there is overlap the items +described here will take precedence for doing installations. + +.. _BUILD: BUILD.html @@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ Installing on Unix-like Systems (not OS X) It does add extra code to the build but probably not enough to worry about it. However if you want to get as lean a build as possible you can leave it out, but if your code does something bad - then instead of exceptions you'll likely get a crash. + then instead of exceptions you'll likely get a crash:: --enable-debug_flag \ @@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ Installing on Unix-like Systems (not OS X) path into the binaries by using the rpath option when configuring wxWidgets. For example:: - --enable-rpath=/opt/wx/2.5/lib \ + --enable-rpath=/opt/wx/2.8/lib \ SOLARIS NOTE: The --enable-rpath option may cause problems when using wxGTK on Solaris when compiling wxPython as described below. @@ -64,9 +66,11 @@ Installing on Unix-like Systems (not OS X) 4. In addition to building wxPython as described in BUILD.txt, you can install it to Python's site-packages dir, as well as some scripts - into the same bin dir used by Python by using this command:: + into the same bin dir used by Python by using this command, plus + whatever WXPORT, UNICODE, etc. settings you used for the initial + build step:: - python2.3 setup.py install + python2.5 setup.py install If you would like to install to some place besides the prefix where Python is installed, (such as to your home directory) then you can @@ -99,8 +103,8 @@ instructions above, except for a few small, but important details: Python Framework will then be installed in /Library/Frameworks. On 10.3 (Panther) Apple supplies the Python Framework as part of the OS install, but it will be located in /System/Library/Frameworks - instead. However, on Panther the site-pacakges dir is sym-linked - to /Library/Python/2.3 so the wxPython pacakges will end up there, + instead. However, on Panther the site-packages dir is sym-linked + to /Library/Python/2.3 so the wxPython packages will end up there, although they will still be visible from site-packages. If you are building distributions of wxPython to be installed on other machines be careful to install to /Library/Python/2.3. To @@ -108,9 +112,9 @@ instructions above, except for a few small, but important details: you do yourself will end up in /Library/Frameworks even on Panther... -3. You need to use pythonw at the command line or PythonLauncher app - to run wxPython apps, otherwise the app will not be able to fully - use the GUI display. +3. You need to use pythonw at the command line or the PythonLauncher + app to run wxPython apps, otherwise the app will not be able to + fully use the GUI display. @@ -125,7 +129,8 @@ Installing on Windows "hybrid" when building wxWidgets and add "FINAL=1" to the setup.py command line. -2. Install wxPython like this:: +2. Install wxPython like this. Remember to add any additional flags + you added for the build such as UNICODE or USE_SWIG:: python setup.py install @@ -134,6 +139,6 @@ Installing on Windows found at runtime by the extension modules without requiring that they be installed on the PATH:: - copy %WXWIN%\BIN\wx*h_*.dll c:\Python23\Lib\site-pacakges\wx + copy %WXWIN%\\lib\\vc_dll\\wx*h_*.dll c:\\Python25\\Lib\\site-packages\\wx