Yes - I was wondering how you were going to pull off the Windows release. If you want someone to bounce ideas off, get in touch...
2009/2/27 Greg Landrum <[email protected]>: > Dear all, > > I've merged the contents of the EasyInstall branch of the RDKit code > onto the trunk. This has some consequences for those using the code > from Python which are detailed in this repeat of some of the contents > of my previous message on this topic: > > ------------ > Build/installation instructions for linux: > http://code.google.com/p/rdkit/wiki/NewLinuxBuild > and for windows: > http://code.google.com/p/rdkit/wiki/NewWindowsBuild > > Adapting the linux build instructions for the Mac (things do work on > the Mac; I did most of the development work there) is left as an > exercise for the reader. :-) > > An important note about the new code layout, from ReleaseNotes.txt: > - The directory structure of the distribution has been changed in > order to make installation of the RDKit python modules more > straightforward. Specifically the directory $RDBASE/Python has been > renamed to $RDBASE/rdkit and the Python code now expects that > $RDBASE is in your PYTHONPATH. When importing RDKit Python modules, > one should now do: "from rdkit import Chem" instead of "import > Chem". Old code will continue to work if you also add $RDBASE/rdkit > to your PYTHONPATH, but it is strongly suggested that you update > your scripts to reflect the new organization. > ------------ > > I had hoped to be able to do a one click (or one line) binary > installer for the python modules, but that seems to be more difficult > than I had expected : things are fine on linux and the mac, but don't > seem to work the way I want on windows (which is probably where they > are most needed). I will try to do a bit more investigation of this > before the next release, but it's not high priority. > > Best regards, > -greg > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Rdkit-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rdkit-discuss >
