Talk:PyGTK/Hello World Tutorial

<James>

Thanks for the tutorial. I get as far as:

*  Run setup.py to create the content bundle

This gives the output:

# ./setup.py
: No such file or directory

Knowledge level: I'm a seasoned developer, but working with Linux is new to me.

I created the various *.py files on Windows, then copied them to the XO, into the folder /usr/share/activities/gtkactivity/

On the XO:

# cd /usr/share/activities/gtkactivity/
# find
.
/activity/activity-gtktest.svg
./activity/activity.info
e first line of the setup.py file is:

#!/usr/bin/env python

However, running find...

# find / -name python
/usr/bin/python

... shows that, on the XO, python is installed in /usr/bin/.

I tried changing the first line of setup.py to...

#!/usr/bin/python
#!/usr/bin/env python
#!python

... then tying again in the terminal:

# ./setup.py
:./setup.py: /usr/bin/python^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

I would be most grateful if someone could point out where I am going wrong.

</James>

Hey, I think the problem might be (and what I forgot to mention): You have to make the scripts (setup.py, gtktest.py) executable. 'chmod u+x *.py'. Then setup.py should output your .xo and you can install it on the XO Laptop via the journal. Crazy-chris 13:37, 25 January 2008 (EST)

<James> Thanks for your rapid response, Chris. I'm still having no joy:

# cd /usr/share/activities/gtkactivity/
# ls -aF
./   activity/     gtktest.glade*  manifest*
../  activity.py*  gtktest.py*     setup.py*
# chmod u+x *.py
# ./setup.py
: No such file or directory

</James>

Hey again. It seems to me that there are some problems with the filenames. Could you please post the output of 'ls -alh'? Thanks. In the meantime, you could also try 'python gtktest.py'. Crazy-chris 15:09, 25 January 2008 (EST)

chris, i believe most of your problems stem from the fact that since you've edited these files using windows, that the line endings in the files are CR or CRLF, if you have a program that can convert CR and CRLF line endings to LF line endings, i think this might help you