[Eric] Eric4 as standalone app on Mac with py2app
Larry Shaffer
larrys at dakotacarto.com
Wed Jan 27 00:48:27 GMT 2010
Hi Michael,
The install order is incorrect on the web page you noted. It should be (as
per eric4 README), or you might not get all of the completion.api files -
though the page's order may work:
> If the required packages (Qt4, QScintilla2, sip and PyQt4) are not installed,
> please get them and install them in the following order (order is important).
>
> 1. Install Qt4
>
> 2. Build and install sip
>
> 3. Build and install QScintilla2
>
> 4. Build and install PyQt4
>
> 5. Build and install QScintilla2 Python bindings
>
> 6. Install eric4
The page links to a snapshot version of Qt 4.5.x that has a bug that keeps
the fonts styles in eric4 from being assigned on a Mac, but I see you are
using 4.6 anyhow. Using the qt-mac-cocoa-opensource-4.6.x.dmg download
caused some big issues with eric4. Make sure to use the
qt-mac-opensource-4.6.x.dmg.
I think eric4 may be too complex for py2app to create a standalone
executable, but I might give it a try this weekend. py2app issues might best
be directed to py2app's support. PyInstaller may be able to do a standalone
of eric4 with it's next version ('full' Mac and PyQt support soon?):
http://www.pyinstaller.org/roadmap
In the meantime, I made a convenience AppleScript application to help with
this (open in Script Editor and save as application bundle and put in Dock):
tell application "Terminal"
set resultTab to do script "/usr/local/bin/eric4"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
repeat 15 times
if name of application processes contains "Python" then
delay 1
if frontmost of application process "Python" is not true then
set frontmost of application process "Python" to true
exit repeat
end if
end if
end repeat
end tell
Also available as app at:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4058089/eric4/Launch-Eric4.app.zip
This launches eric4 and brings it to the front, sometimes doesn't bring to
front on first launch. Eric4 will show up as a separate python app in dock.
Having Terminal open is very useful for debugging any problem with eric4
while it's running. You can tell System Events to make the visible attribute
of Terminal false to hide Terminal on launch, if you want:
(Add the following after repeat block in System Events block in above
script)
set visible of application process "Terminal" to false
Eric4 (and the script) do not support drag and drop of files for loading
into eric4, but eric4's main window does. The launch script could be set up
to accept drops for loading, however, but this would load into a new
instance of eric4, not the running one.
--
Larry
> From: Michael Hirschfeld <industrie13 at gmx.net>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:28:52 +0100
> To: <eric at riverbankcomputing.com>
> Subject: [Eric] Eric4 as standalone app on Mac with py2app
>
> Hi,
>
> I successfully installed Eric 4.4.0 on my Mac, running Snow Leopard with stock
> python (Qt 4.6, Sip 4.10, PyQt 4.7, QScintilla 2.4.2) using this
> http://works13.com/blog/mac/installing-eric4-on-mac-os-x-leopard.htm little
> HowTo.
>
> However, since I don't find it very convenient to open Eric every time via
> Terminal and have to let this one open too, I tried to build a standalone app
> of it with py2app. This is where I get in trouble and would be glad to get any
> hints.
>
> What did I do?
>
> Eric is installed in /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/eric4, so I placed a
> 'setup.py' inside this directory and did a
> sudo python setup.py py2app
>
> All I get, is an empty build directory and a error.
>
>
> My setup.py:
> ------------------------------------
> """
> This is a setup.py script generated by py2applet
>
> Usage:
> python setup.py py2app
> """
>
> from setuptools import setup
>
> APP = ['eric4.py']
> DATA_FILES = []
> OPTIONS = {'argv_emulation': True,
> 'semi_standalone':'False',
> 'includes': 'Qt4,sip,PyQt4,QScintilla2',
> 'packages':('Qt4','sip','PyQt4','QScintilla2'),
> 'site_packages': 'True'}
>
> setup(
> app=APP,
> data_files=DATA_FILES,
> options={'py2app': OPTIONS},
> setup_requires=['py2app'],
> )
>
>
> ------------------------------------
> Terminal output:
>
> eugenie:eric4 industrie13$ sudo python setup.py py2app
> Password:
> running py2app
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File
> "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/py2app-0.4.3-py2.6.egg/py2app/build_app.py"
> , line 589, in _run
> self.run_normal()
> File
> "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/py2app-0.4.3-py2.6.egg/py2app/build_app.py"
> , line 641, in run_normal
> mf = self.get_modulefinder()
> File
> "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/py2app-0.4.3-py2.6.egg/py2app/build_app.py"
> , line 549, in get_modulefinder
> debug=debug,
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/find_modules.py",
> line 255, in find_modules
> find_needed_modules(mf, scripts, includes, packages)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/find_modules.py",
> line 176, in find_needed_modules
> mf.run_script(path)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 389, in run_script
> self.scan_code(co, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 658, in scan_code
> self.scan_code(c, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 630, in scan_code
> self._safe_import_hook(name, m, fromlist)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 560, in _safe_import_hook
> mods = self.import_hook(name, caller)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 401, in import_hook
> m = self.load_tail(q, tail)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 461, in load_tail
> m = self.import_module(head, mname, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 518, in import_module
> m = self.load_module(fqname, fp, pathname, stuff)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 553, in load_module
> self.scan_code(co, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 630, in scan_code
> self._safe_import_hook(name, m, fromlist)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 560, in _safe_import_hook
> mods = self.import_hook(name, caller)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 401, in import_hook
> m = self.load_tail(q, tail)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 461, in load_tail
> m = self.import_module(head, mname, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 518, in import_module
> m = self.load_module(fqname, fp, pathname, stuff)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 553, in load_module
> self.scan_code(co, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 630, in scan_code
> self._safe_import_hook(name, m, fromlist)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 560, in _safe_import_hook
> mods = self.import_hook(name, caller)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 401, in import_hook
> m = self.load_tail(q, tail)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 461, in load_tail
> m = self.import_module(head, mname, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 518, in import_module
> m = self.load_module(fqname, fp, pathname, stuff)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 553, in load_module
> self.scan_code(co, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 658, in scan_code
> self.scan_code(c, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 630, in scan_code
> self._safe_import_hook(name, m, fromlist)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 560, in _safe_import_hook
> mods = self.import_hook(name, caller)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 401, in import_hook
> m = self.load_tail(q, tail)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 461, in load_tail
> m = self.import_module(head, mname, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 518, in import_module
> m = self.load_module(fqname, fp, pathname, stuff)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 528, in load_module
> m = self.load_package(fqname, pathname)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 678, in load_package
> self.load_module(fqname, fp, buf, stuff)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 553, in load_module
> self.scan_code(co, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 630, in scan_code
> self._safe_import_hook(name, m, fromlist)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 584, in _safe_import_hook
> sm = self.import_hook(name, caller, [sub])
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 404, in import_hook
> modules.update(self.ensure_fromlist(m, fromlist))
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 478, in ensure_fromlist
> submod = self.import_module(sub, fullname, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 518, in import_module
> m = self.load_module(fqname, fp, pathname, stuff)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 553, in load_module
> self.scan_code(co, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 630, in scan_code
> self._safe_import_hook(name, m, fromlist)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 584, in _safe_import_hook
> sm = self.import_hook(name, caller, [sub])
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 404, in import_hook
> modules.update(self.ensure_fromlist(m, fromlist))
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 478, in ensure_fromlist
> submod = self.import_module(sub, fullname, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 518, in import_module
> m = self.load_module(fqname, fp, pathname, stuff)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 553, in load_module
> self.scan_code(co, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 630, in scan_code
> self._safe_import_hook(name, m, fromlist)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 560, in _safe_import_hook
> mods = self.import_hook(name, caller)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 401, in import_hook
> m = self.load_tail(q, tail)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 461, in load_tail
> m = self.import_module(head, mname, m)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 518, in import_module
> m = self.load_module(fqname, fp, pathname, stuff)
> File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py",
> line 532, in load_module
> co = compile(fp.read() + '\n', pathname, 'exec')
> File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/port_v3/proxy_base.py",
> line 4
> class ProxyBase(metaclass=ProxyType):
> ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>> /Users/industrie13/Downloads/site-packages/eric4/build/bdist.macosx-10.6-univ
>> ersal/egg/modulegraph/modulegraph.py(532)load_module()
> (Pdb)
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Any hints or tips?
> Did anyone from this list managed to build Eric as a standalone app on Mac?
> And if yes, how did you do?
>
>
> Michael
>
>
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