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
.
./manifest
./activity.py
./gtktest.py
./setup.py
./activity
./activity/activity-gtktest.svg
./activity/activity.info
./gtktest.glade
# ./setup.py
: No such file or directory
# setup.py
: setup.py: command not found

Running ls -aF shows that setup.py* exists and is executable. Running nano setup.py shows that the script is correctly entered.

The 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:

1. cd /usr/share/activities/gtkactivity/
2. ls -aF

./ activity/ gtktest.glade* manifest* ../ activity.py* gtktest.py* setup.py*

1. chmod u+x *.py
2. ./setup.py

No such file or directory

</James>