Missing pack3d, pdeploy, ppackage, pmerge and ppatcher

Installation
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Hi,

I am using the latest panda3d sdk (ubuntu 64 bits), now compiled from sources. I found tha packpanda utility, but the manual has a long description of other utilities used for packing and deploying applications. However, I was unable to find them. These are the utilities I am referring to:

packp3d, pdeploy, ppackage, pmerge, ppatcher.

From what I could understand, the packpanda is a great easy-to-use utility that permits to build an installer for specific platforms.

The packp3d and pdeploy, together with ppackage, pmerge and ppatcher seem to offer a variety of ways to pack, deploy and follow the deployment of patches of an application. pdeploy also seem to be cross-OS according to what I understood from the manual.

Where can I find these utilities? And, did I understand correctly that with pdeploy, ppatcher and ppackage you can achieve a more advanced degree of control over the produced packages than you can get with packpanda?

Thanks in advance

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The tools are themselves .p3d files and are only included in official SDK releases. They can be downloaded from here:
runtime.panda3d.org/

packpanda is deprecated, and is indeed limited in use.

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Oook, thanks!

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Mmm ok, where should I place them? Because I get an error and I am not sure how it works.

I put the files in the parent directory of the application and called them with panda3d. They seem to work and download staff. Then an error occurr. I could not find anything similar on the forum.

$ panda3d ../packp3d.p3d -o myTest.p3d
:AppRunner: Total Panda3D disk space used: 210 MB
:AppRunner: Configured max usage is: 2048 MB
:Packager(warning): No such file: /home/parisia/workdir/p3dapp/p3d_info.xml
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/showbase/Messenger.py", line 424, in __taskChainDispatch
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/showbase/Messenger.py", line 482, in __dispatch
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/AppRunner.py", line 748, in __startIfReady
  File "VFSImporter", line 153, in load_module
  File "/Users/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_osx/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/packp3d.py", line 225, in <module>
  File "/Users/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_osx/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/packp3d.py", line 215, in makePackedApp
  File "/Users/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_osx/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/Packager.py", line 2744, in endPackage
  File "/Users/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_osx/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/Packager.py", line 444, in close
  File "/Users/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_osx/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/Packager.py", line 546, in installMultifile
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/showutil/FreezeTool.py", line 869, in done
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/showutil/FreezeTool.py", line 959, in __loadModule
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/showutil/FreezeTool.py", line 1411, in load_module
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/modulefinder.py", line 305, in load_module
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/modulefinder.py", line 414, in scan_code
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/modulefinder.py", line 323, in _safe_import_hook
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/modulefinder.py", line 125, in import_hook
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/modulefinder.py", line 162, in determine_parent
KeyError: 'test'
:task(error): Exception occurred in PythonTask Messenger-default
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/AppRunner.py", line 638, in run
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/task/Task.py", line 502, in run
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/task/Task.py", line 460, in step
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/showbase/Messenger.py", line 424, in __taskChainDispatch
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/showbase/Messenger.py", line 482, in __dispatch
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/AppRunner.py", line 748, in __startIfReady
  File "VFSImporter", line 153, in load_module
  File "/Users/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_osx/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/packp3d.py", line 225, in <module>
  File "/Users/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_osx/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/packp3d.py", line 215, in makePackedApp
  File "/Users/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_osx/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/Packager.py", line 2744, in endPackage
  File "/Users/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_osx/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/Packager.py", line 444, in close
  File "/Users/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_osx/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/p3d/Packager.py", line 546, in installMultifile
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/showutil/FreezeTool.py", line 869, in done
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/showutil/FreezeTool.py", line 959, in __loadModule
  File "/home/buildbot/slave/release_rtdist_linux_amd64/build/panda3d/built_cmu/direct/showutil/FreezeTool.py", line 1411, in load_module
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/modulefinder.py", line 305, in load_module
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/modulefinder.py", line 414, in scan_code
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/modulefinder.py", line 323, in _safe_import_hook
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/modulefinder.py", line 125, in import_hook
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/modulefinder.py", line 162, in determine_parent
KeyError: 'test'
Successfully joined thread: 0
Failure on startup.
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It doesn’t matter where you place them; it looks like you are invoking them correctly. (You can also chmod +x them, remove the .p3d extension and put them on your PATH, since they are executable directly.)

However, there is a bug in the 1.8 version of those tools that happens with certain directory structures. Do you happen to have a “test” directory with Python files but without an init.py? It might be better to move it out of the way if packp3d has an issue with it.

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Aaaahhh I see, ok! Sure, the ‘test’ directory is not a package. Moved out of the way and it works!
Thanks!