[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-28 Thread Prabhu Ramachandran
Hi, Ondrej Certik wrote: > we spent about 6 hours with Prabhu trying to install VTK in Sage on > Mac on the scipy09. We failed and Prabhu suggested to just use the > framework build of python. I have some good news on this front. This morning I got mayavi working offscreen on bsd.math.w.e. I

[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-26 Thread William Stein
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Brian Granger wrote: > >> Wait, so is a key point that if one builds Python for Sage as a >> framework, then Python is no longer contained in SAGE_ROOT/local/? >> Is that what you're saying?   I can see numerous problems and >> confusion arising as a result.   Hope

[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-26 Thread Brian Granger
> Wait, so is a key point that if one builds Python for Sage as a > framework, then Python is no longer contained in SAGE_ROOT/local/? > Is that what you're saying? I can see numerous problems and > confusion arising as a result. Hopefully it can still be in > SAGE_ROOT/local, and maybe there i

[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-26 Thread William Stein
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Tim Lahey wrote: > > > On Aug 26, 2009, at 2:54 AM, Robert Bradshaw wrote: > >> >> Any thoughts on how this would impact having multiple versions of >> Sage on the same machine? What about being able to move them around/ >> delete them? >> >> - Robert > > > New fra

[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-26 Thread Tim Lahey
On Aug 26, 2009, at 2:54 AM, Robert Bradshaw wrote: > > Any thoughts on how this would impact having multiple versions of > Sage on the same machine? What about being able to move them around/ > delete them? > > - Robert New frameworks generally live in /Library/Frameworks, although I expect t

[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-25 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Aug 25, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Tim Lahey wrote: > > > On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:00 PM, William Stein wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Tim Lahey >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> One of the nice things about Framework builds is that they're nice >>> and >>> contained. Everything is in one directory

[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-25 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:21 AM, William Stein wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Ondrej Certik wrote: >> >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Tim Lahey wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:00 PM, William Stein wrote: >>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Tim Lahey wr

[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-25 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Ondrej Certik wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Tim Lahey wrote: >> >> >> On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:00 PM, William Stein wrote: >> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Tim Lahey >>> wrote: One of the nice things about Framework builds is

[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-25 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Tim Lahey wrote: > > > On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:00 PM, William Stein wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Tim Lahey >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> One of the nice things about Framework builds is that they're nice >>> and >>> contained. Everything is in one direct

[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-25 Thread Tim Lahey
On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:00 PM, William Stein wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Tim Lahey > wrote: >> >> >> One of the nice things about Framework builds is that they're nice >> and >> contained. Everything is in one directory, much like Sage. So, all >> the >> python details would

[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-25 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Tim Lahey wrote: > > > On Aug 25, 2009, at 1:46 PM, William Stein wrote: >> >> I'm fine with switching to the framework build for Sage if it "just >> works".  What are the drawbacks?  When I think about the drawbacks now >> the only thing I can think of is "Michae

[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-25 Thread Tim Lahey
On Aug 25, 2009, at 1:46 PM, William Stein wrote: > > I'm fine with switching to the framework build for Sage if it "just > works". What are the drawbacks? When I think about the drawbacks now > the only thing I can think of is "Michael Abshoff didn't want to > switch to it". But I can't think

[sage-devel] Re: vtk on Mac

2009-08-25 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Ondrej Certik wrote: > > Hi, > > we spent about 6 hours with Prabhu trying to install VTK in Sage on > Mac on the scipy09. We failed and Prabhu suggested to just use the > framework build of python. > > I will try in the second half of September (I am busy till th