Hello, I struggled all day getting python bindings to work on Arch linux. This is so that I can use brltty with orca.
After installing brltty, $python2 -c "import brlapi" was failing. I eventually figured out that the problem was that the archlinux package was missing a dependency: pyrex. Doing #pacman -S pyrex before or after installing brltty will fix the problem. Building from subversion: Here is a little bit of a build guide. First a note about arch, since the release of python3, arch has renamed python2 to /usr/bin/python2. This broke every package that relied on python2. When we build a package on arch linux which uses python2 we have to specify the path explicitly. Furthermore, there is a problem with the way the configure script configures java's path. No one needs java. So here is how I built brltty: $PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 ./configure --disable-java-bindings $make $su root #make install Now, $python2 -c "import brlapi" should not fail. Grrrr, one of the most frustrating days I have had in a long long time. It'll teach me to read the output of configure scripts... Have a nice day all, and happy hacking! Timothy Hobbs _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
