Friday, September 18, 2009

Native Mac PyGTK for Snow Leopard

I have just made a fresh build of native PyGTK for Mac on my new Snow Leopard install. It seems to be working - I have only tested my simple hello_pygtk.py script, and that works at least ;-)

You can grab the new build here: MacPyGTK_SnowLeopard_091809.dmg

Remember to follow the three simple instructions in README.txt in order to make it work. B.t.w., one has to be running Python in 32-bit mode for it to work. This can be done in two ways:
  1. By setting this environment variable VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes
  2. By issuing this command (once): defaults write com.apple.versioner.python Prefer-32-Bit -bool yes
I would prefer setting the environment variable in a script starting my PyGTK application. That way I am changing as little as possible in the standard setup of the machine...
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18 comments:

  1. ErnestoOctober 3, 2009 at 7:03 PM

    Hi!

    I used your build with meld (http://meld.sourceforge.net/) and it works.

    It´s a bit ugly and the integration with the system is null but it works ok.

    Thanks.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 23, 2009 at 12:33 PM

    Thanks! It was a nightmare to try to install GTK without direct internet connection.

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  3. UnknownMarch 8, 2010 at 11:53 PM

    Yes!

    You're my hero. I can finally use my pygtk apps on my mac, at last, since 10.6 upgrade. I was struggling with macport without results and was almost resignated to build it by hand when I found your package.

    I just had a problem with "import gtk" statement, that issued a "_glib.so: mach-o, but wrong architecture". The VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT instruction bit did not solve this problem. But I managed to find another solution by using "arch -i386 python" instead of "python", that will soon be turned into an alias in my profile.

    I have probably missed something in your instruction, but anyway, I'm too happy to get my apps back.

    Thank you *so* much.

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  4. AnonymousApril 13, 2010 at 8:44 AM

    Do you mind sharing your steps to build PyGTK?

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  5. Mads Darø KristensenApril 13, 2010 at 9:01 AM

    Hi Ryanitus,

    take a look at this post: http://kedeligdata.blogspot.com/2009/03/pygtk-natively-on-mac.html

    I have simply used the jhbuild build script so it is pretty straightforward. There are sometimes small build errors but they can often be solved by a little googling :-)

    Best regards,
    Mads

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  6. AnonymousMay 9, 2010 at 12:16 PM

    do you thing clearlooks engine could be compiled to work with this?

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  7. Mads Darø KristensenMay 10, 2010 at 8:55 AM

    I have no idea - sorry :-)

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  8. BryanJune 4, 2010 at 4:47 PM

    Thanks for putting this together!

    Downloaded. Copied the MacPyGTK folder to /Developer. Set the 32bit flag. Set the PYTHONPATH to the folder specified.

    Running the included hello_pygtk.py fails with "ImportError: No module named pygtk"

    Are there any other requirements to getting this running on a clean 10.6 install? Do I need to build and install GTK from source first? Or is this package 100% inclusive of everything I should need to run a PyGTK app?

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  9. Mads Darø KristensenJune 5, 2010 at 2:35 PM

    @Bryan: You need to copy the pygtk module to your Python interpreter's site-packages dir - or ts set the PYTHONPATH environment variable so that it points to the place where you keep your pkgkt module.

    I think this is described in the README file...

    Best regards,
    Mads

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  10. AnonymousJune 9, 2010 at 7:31 PM

    Hi,
    I tried building this and I had a few errors for wrong architecture, so I used the advice to build with arch -i386, but now I am getting a posix=_spawnp error saying Bad CPU type in executable. I looked online and this has to do with PPC's, but I have a new intel MBP running on 10.6.3.

    Any ideas?

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  11. Mads Darø KristensenJune 9, 2010 at 8:39 PM

    It has been a long time since I have built it myself - so I'm sorry but I can't help you here. I had no problems building it...

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  12. theStrangerJuly 16, 2010 at 3:45 PM

    When I try to run hello_pygtk.py I get an Import Error:
    ImportError: No module named pygtk
    I assume it has something to do with my path. In a terminal window I did this:
    % VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes
    % PYTHONPATH=/Developer/MacPyGTK/inst/lib/python2.6/site-packages

    Am I doing it wrong?
    Thanks

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  13. theStrangerJuly 16, 2010 at 4:00 PM

    Ahh OK I added the lines to my .profile and it no longer gets the import error but gets the architecture error.

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  14. Mads Darø KristensenJuly 16, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    Check your environment to see if you have actually set the correct variables. e.g.: echo $VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT

    If your PYTHONPATH and the prefer-32-bit thingy is set everything should work. If you want to set an environment variable that only "lives" for a single command, you need to specify the variable on the same line as you run the command. E.g.:

    VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes python

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  15. UnknownDecember 6, 2010 at 9:09 PM

    Having issues with the import gtk. Says it cannot find module. I setup the path and the 32 bit. Double checked them. pygtk is getting imported with test script but not gtk

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  16. Mads Darø KristensenDecember 7, 2010 at 12:53 PM

    @Tobias: The problem is often that people have multiple versions of Python installed. Then when they e.g., place the Python modules in /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/ they don't understand why the module can't be imported (which could be because their /usr/bin/python symlink is pointing to python2.4 or python2.6). Try to "hard code" the PYTHONPATH by issuing this command:

    PYTHONPATH=/path/to/whereever/you/installed/pygtk python

    That should do the trick I hope :-)

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  17. AshithMay 4, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    The download link for the library seems to be broken. When I clicked on the link I get a file not found error. Can you re-upload the library and update the link here? I really need this one as I am desperately trying to run tortoisehg gtk version on mac.

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  18. Mads Darø KristensenMay 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    @Ashith: The link works again now.

    Be aware that this was built for an older version of Snow Leopard. I don't know whether it will work on the current version.

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