Jakub, Thanks for the advice. I have removed the postinst script and the DEB_PYTHON_INSTALL_ARGS_ALL line. I have also contacted the MLT packagers, but I'm not confident they will include the Python bindings in their packages.
Here is a dumb question. After installing the DEB file, it moves all of the correct files to /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mlt-python. However, when I fire up python, it is unable to import mlt. For example: >> *import mlt* Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named ml If I launch the Python interpreter from /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mlt-python, it works just fine. It is acting like my public Python module is not in the sys.path. I assumed because /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/ was in the sys.path, that this would work. Am I missing something? Thanks, -Jonathan On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Jakub Wilk <uba...@users.sf.net> wrote: > Hello, > > * Jonathan Thomas <jonathan.oo...@gmail.com>, 2009-12-15, 13:16: > >> I have done my best to package the MLT Python bindings (which were >> generated >> using Swig), and I have published to my own >> PPA<https://launchpad.net/%7Ejonoomph/+archive/openshot-edge>(hosted >> >> on LaunchPad). I am fairly certain that my build script needs to be >> improved. For example, I never could figure out how to copy the MLT >> Python >> bindings to the /site-packages/ folder, so I created a postinst file... >> which can't be the best way. >> > > Right, that's not event an acceptable way. Those files don't need to be > installed into /site-packages/, python-support should take care to put them > in the right place once you remove maintainer scripts and the > DEB_PYTHON_INSTALL_ARGS_ALL line from debian/rules. > > Anyway, these bindings should not have a separate source package. Just ask > mlt maintainers (preferably via a bug report) to build binary package with > Python bindings out of their source. > > -- > Jakub Wilk > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJLKiYwAAoJEC1Os6YBVHX1ve4P/3661p1kp2xbF2j/LtQ0oA1o > 4goSpI+rg2Fl+zHi4e4VOexhSXrvw2WaaHEXofzVFvcoC3Osgz/H2iLzm6DkL3PI > 5MrlLcAYU/ZP4ahRA20HHiQhvXcZMWgrN+2uLzu4l8tMAexMtNfQ/xPiceKV3kL9 > KDHS3X6Rk7jG6vsnPVI7uGztgjprSr6MG3Ks6NoLICgPCk8SUQ1P+okaP99H/Q0f > 6+pbDYiK5g5/v4dw/iIXIJHMsaawh6F+zphvEg7TMVJuWJ9zGPORmDNMon0z3+h0 > Q4xTD2qemnL3ybleKVvcF40p/po4HGk+IYaaqM4HQ0DudH8gSkKoFp0Hzx12ZQ34 > XMxHL8dNAnYPqlvubgxjQqctmAVm660dqExKQDjPMQytpjntyVPAKQGJdEOBCPwY > Chj5nn36/dAUH9HTd4f2583nRfcCX5BbPdhFbADPAoen8Fbehl4GBGYSoUsJ7COT > sjvXpRKkMxSUhXGXt6k4Gs63YrQ80rZwJPhYM/vtaKzBeLyq/5Acc7n2Ba8CIU1Y > h42OQgG5bhyAFUGdiomUd1eweSfUZ04FZSXHfaVwqUuWeeOYZacQiUj111ygdMTS > vbZ4EU/MR+xc5p6mJNqyJTBI9TrqV1eHfsgjLXTi9J8e3IFDkEt7Nhdweuoid4Gp > hFNHiCz04pdpj/8HWWrS > =kneW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
