If you are a newbie or non-guru (like me) and are are having some
problems installing SWIG on Mac OS X (10.3.9, but version may not matter
for the problems below), you should be aware of some problems I had and
their solutions. Many thanks to several people on the email lists for
Pythonmac-sig (pythonmac-sig@python.org) and SWIG
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for many valuable hints, clues and
pointers.
The installation of SWIG on the Mac is the same three-step process as
for Unix (% is the prompt):
% ./configure
% make
% make install
I had the follow problems with each step and I have the solutions.
(1) running ./configure resulted in a file not found. When the script
listed the file only a partial path name appeared.
Solution: directories (folders) and files with spaces and special
Mac symbols (e.g. option-whatever) can cause problems. I had some
spaces in my folder names that held the SWIG files. When I removed
those and made more Unix-like names, ./configure worked (after one more
fix below).
(2) running 'make' caused a parse error in CParse when compiling
cscanner.c.
Solution: when I looked back at ./configure I see that g++ was the
chosen gcc compiiler or CC compiler. I was told it should be gcc, not
g++. I found the line
setenv CC g++
in my login file .tschrc which I got from a colleague. I changed it to
setenv CC gcc
ran the ./configure (with the directory changes, too) and then the
'make' step worked.
(3) running 'make install' would not work since I had no permission to
write in some directories. I don't fully understand this since I am the
admin and I was running logged in as such, but to no avail.
Solution: run this as
sudo make install
type in the password and you're off.
So, does SWIG really work? Not sure yet. A test with make -k check
gave mostly good grades to python things except for two C++ problems
with templates and enums. The docs say this may not matter. We shall
see. At least I got this far.
Good luck to all and thanks to many for the help.
--
Cheers,
Lou Pecora
Code 6362
Naval Research Lab
Washington, DC 20375
USA
Ph: +202-767-6002
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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