Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] (no subject)

[Don Ward]

Phaysal Khan wrote:

> am trying to install wxpython on cygwin. I am following instructions on
> http://gnuradio.org/trac/wiki/wxPythonCygwin and have gone thru to step8.
> Building wxpython seems to have gone thru ok using:
> python setup.py build_ext --inplace WXPORT=msw BUILD_GLCANVAS=0
> BUILD_GIZMOS=0 UNICODE=0 --compiler=cygwin

I don't know what "--compiler-cygwin" does and I don't see it in the 
instructions in the wiki.  I have never needed it.

> now when i try to install wxpython as in step 12, it gives me error saying
>
> Warning: Can't read registry to find the necessary compiler setting  Make 
> sure
> that Python modules _winreg, win32api or win32con are installed.building
> '_core_' extensionerror: Python was built with Visual Studio version 6, 
> and
> extensions need to be built with the same version of the compiler, but it 
> isn't
> installed.

You should be using Cygwin python, not Windows python.  "which python" 
should tell you which python will be run, and you can double-check by 
running python and entering the commands:

   import os
   os.name
   import sys
   sys.executable

os.name should be 'posix' and os.executable should be something like 
'/usr/bin/python'.  If os.name is 'nt' and os.executable is something like 
'c:\\python25\\python.exe' then you have the wrong python.  You may need 
install the Cygwin python package or modify your PATH to be sure the Cygwin 
python is used.

-- Don W.