[pymvpa] Mac OS X Installer issues

[James M. Hughes]

So I added this repository to MacPorts and tried the install command  
you gave in this email, but it doesn't work -- it says "Port pymvpa  
not found" -- any thoughts?

Thanks,
James.
On Jan 13, 2009, at 2:02 PM, James Kyle wrote:

>> Sorry, but I have no idea. The installer has many problems in terms  
>> of
>> dependencies to a specific Python version, that could be the cause
>> -- or
>> some unknown change in Enthought's Python.
>>
>> Fortunately, we will be able to discontinue the installer and
>> replace it
>> with a proper MacPort (thanks to James Kyle). This will also make  
>> it a
>> lot easier to install the numerous dependencies of PyMVPA on a Mac
>> system.
>>
>> You can take a look at the docs of the upcoming version 0.4.1 to see
>> how
>> it is going to work. We only need a few more days for testing and  
>> will
>> release 0.4.1 when nothing pops up -- that should solve this problem
>> properly.
>>
>> http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-exppsy/pymvpa.git;a=commitdiff;h=b780ccdd3a1ee277b3c3876e433cda0ed57eaf3b
>>
>
> I've created a personal repository for the adventurous. Please note,
> this is my development repository for various ports I work on besides
> the ones associated with pymvpa. So there are no guarantees of
> consistency from day to day.
>
> However, I've just installed pymvpa on my laptop using it, so the
> pymvpa ones are fine to get you up and running until they are added to
> the main repository.
>
> To use it, go by the same instructions found in the 0.4.1 Michael
> mentions above for installing MacPorts.
>
> Once done, do the following to use my repository:
>
> 1. edit the file /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf
> 2. Add the following line *after* the default one (rsync://
> rsync.macports.org/release/ports/ [default])
>> rsync://www.ccn.ucla.edu/release/ports/
>
> Your /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf file should now look
> something like:
>> # To get the ports tree from the MacPorts rsync.macports.org server
>> use:
>> rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/ [default]
>> rsync://www.ccn.ucla.edu/release/ports/
>
> Then do the following:
>
> $ sudo port sync
> $ sudo port install pymvpa +scipy +pynifti +hcluster +libsvm  
> +pywavelet
>
> That should get you going. If this is your first time using MacPorts &
> python 2.5, it will install this for you. But an additional step is
> needed:
>
> $ sudo port install python_select
> $ sudo python_select python25
>
> MacPorts has the ability of installing several python versions at a
> time, the python_select utility ensures that the default python (/opt/
> local/bin/python) points to your preferred version.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> James Kyle
>
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