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> From: Andi Vajda <o...@ovaltofu.org> > Date: January 8, 2024 at 15:59:29 GMT+1 > To: d...@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Where to report issues with lucene/pylucene > Reply-To: d...@lucene.apache.org > > >> On Sun, 7 Jan 2024, Bob Kline wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 7:10 AM Bob Kline <bkl...@rksystems.com> wrote: >> >> I figured out how to get past all the problems I ran into, and was finally >> able to get the package built and installed. Afterwards I captured notes on >> the process so if I (or a colleague) needs to do this again, we'll have a >> head start. I'm sharing these notes (attached) in case any of the >> information might suggest improvements to the instructions page >> <https://lucene.apache.org/pylucene/install.html>. Feel free to use or >> ignore any of these notes as you think appropriate. > > Thank you for your notes. Replies inline: > >> Skip over the "For the Impatient Ones" section. Those steps won't work >> because the Makefile must be edited first. > > Well, the steps said to edit setup.py and Makefile to match your environment > except that the markup on the site was bogus for those lines and these > instructions were not rendered :-( > I fixed that now: https://lucene.apache.org/pylucene/install.html > >> The build will not be able to use the Ubuntu distro's jcc, because it's >> not built to support the --shared option. > > I wasn't aware that Ubuntu has a prebuilt package for JCC now. If it is not > built with --shared then you can't use shared mode for PyLucene. If all you > need/want is build PyLucene and no other wrappers later around other JARs for > use in the same VM, then you can skip shared mode and drop --shared from the > JCC invocations. > >> The makefile needs help finding the JDK libraries. > > This shouldn't be necessary as JCC, when setup.py is edited as required, will > populate that information. > >> sudo make test > > I would stronly recommend using a python virtual environment (venv) so that > you don't pollute the system python with your work. This doesn't require root > nor later careful cleanup of the system python installation should something > go wrong. Yes, 20 years ago, when PyLucene/JCC were started, venv wasn't as > much of a thing but nowadays it's very good practice. > >> All of the tests pass except one: > > I wonder what version of PyICU you have installed. I just verified that tests > do all pass if you do _not_ have PyICU installed. > > Andi.. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
