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Dear Carsten,

thank you for the instruction. The cctbx package seems to lack tkinter which is
required by pymol (and maybe numpy, too). How do I install a specific python
module (package? what's the correct term?) 'under' cctbx.python?

Cheers, Tim

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 09:07:36AM -0400, Schubert, Carsten [PRDUS] wrote:
> Tim,
> 
> I'm shooting from the hip here, but I think the problem is that cctbx
> comes with its own python, which you would need to run both pymol and
> numpy under. According to Ralf it is at least not trivial to utilize the
> system python to run cctbx. So I think you need to compile/install pymol
> against cctbx.python and install it as a module under cctbx.python.
> Similar deal for numpy, which may already be available in cctbx, if not
> installation should be straightforward.
> 
> These broad steps may work (again shooting from the hip...)
> -Install cctbx
> -link cctbx.python to python and make sure its first in your path (may
> be optional)
> -install numpy under cctbx.python (if not already present)
> -compile and install open.pymol against the cctbx.python, either via the
> renaming trick 
>  above or calling cctbx.python setup.py (build/install)
> 
> Good luck, let us know how it works...
> 
> 	Carsten
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > Tim Gruene
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:35 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [ccp4bb] pymol python and cctbx
> > 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I've been trying to install the SuperSym module for pymol (svn trunk
> > version of pymol as of today, 1.3.x). Upon restart the console says
> > "Ooops!  SuperSym requires cctbx and numeric python to function.
> Please
> > install these."
> > 
> > The system is i7 with Debian Testing 64bit with python2.5 (although
> > python2.6 is also installed but not the default). cctbx was installed
> > using cctbx_fedora8_x86_64_py265_inc.selfx and the installation output
> > did not imply any issues, e.g. about the wrong python version (and I
> > did only find cctbx packages for python 2.6.5 on their web site).
> > 
> > python-numpy is install which I believe is the "numeric python" the
> > module output complains about.
> > 
> > Would anyone be so kind to direct someone who despises python (phyuuu,
> > that
> > helped...) to how to get the SuperSym module to work with pymol? A
> > start would be if the module would tell me whether it complains about
> > missing numeric python or cctbx or both.
> > 
> > Do I have to compile pymol with python2.6? Just starting pymol with
> > python2.6 did not change anything.
> > 
> > Thanks a lot, Tim
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Tim Gruene
> > Institut fuer anorganische Chemie
> > Tammannstr. 4
> > D-37077 Goettingen
> > 
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