On Fri, 08 Aug 2025 06:18:46 +0000 dep <[email protected]> said:
can't help you much with python - i dont use it.. but i dont use or need python efl... so i'm just going to say "you don't need this"... well unless you absolutely must run some specific python efl apps. > I said I would not be a bother, but I seem to have spoken untruthfully. I'm > trying to compile Enlightenment. EFL built sussessfully despite various > warnings and worries, and installed. The good news ended there. > > Python-EFL did not build with any of the methods listed in the README. It > says there is no python. I have a load of python on the machine, though > the executable is python3. Can I safely substitute python3, or is there > some other python needed? (Sometimes I think I spend half my time > downloading kooky pythons for one thing or another, but the only python > executable in my PATH is python3.) > > Thought I'd try something else. I did not find a configure script in any of > them. Trying meson in rage, I ended up with > > meson.build:17:9: ERROR: Dependency "elementary" not found, tried pkgconfig > and cmake > > libelementary is installed. I have /usr/share/elementary. I have > ~/.elementary. I > have /usr/bin.elementary_codegen, /usr/bin/elementary_config, > and /usr/bin/elementary_perf. I can find no other package containing > elementary. I am loath to mess around with my PATH environment variable > unless I'm sure it's safe. > > And I am at a loss. Meson and ninja are new to me; I'm familiar with > configure and make. Nor have I encountered elementary before. > > I tried autogen.sh and got the elementary error again plus: > > WARNING: Running the setup command as `meson [options]` instead of `meson > setup [options]` is ambiguous and deprecated. > > ERROR: No such build data file > as > '/home/dep/download/enlightenment/rage-0.4.0/build/meson-private/build.dat'. > > The command I used was: > > meson setup build --prefix=/opt/enlightenment from within the rage-0.4.0/ > directory. > > I'm running out of guesses. > -- > dep > > Pictures: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/depscribe/album > Column: https://ofb.biz/author/dep/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - [email protected] _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
