fedora 11 and panda3d

[tomkis_]

Hi
Has anyone tried to install panda3d on fedora 11, I did try rpm for fc 10 ( as advised by pro-soft), dependencies failed also ca n't bulid t from src. Fc11 has got new compiler and it might be this issue. I need confirmation if it works, or this is related to panda3d ,or fedora 11, or....myself
on Ubuntu 9.04 I had some problems with graphic card, fc11 has newer kernel and as far works fine, but without panda fedora is useless.

[ThomasEgi]

i doubt that fedora's compiler is too new. if there are any errors while compilng. just post your results on the "compiling or editing panda from source" board. panda definetly does run on fc11.maybe not ouf of the box, maybe requires a few tricks but it certainly is possible.

[rdb]

Hmm, maybe the packages are named differently in Fedora 11.

You can try to download the .src RPM for fc10 and build it - or, download the source tar.gz of Panda3D and build an RPM yourself.
It's as easy as untarring the source, and then invoking:

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python makepanda/makepanda.py --everything --installer

That will, if it succeeds, generate an .rpm file which you can install.

(There are a few dependencies though. Copied from the specfile:)

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BuildRequires: python-devel bison flex libtiff-devel libpng-devel gtk2-devel openssl-devel gcc-c++ libstdc++-devel freetype2-devel
BuildRequires: libjpeg-devel mesa-libOSMesa-devel libXft-devel mesa-libGL-devel mesa-libGLU-devel
%ifarch x86_64 amd64 ppc64 s390x
BuildRequires: lib64jpeg62-devel lib64mesagl1-devel lib64mesaglu1-devel lib64openssl0.9.8-devel lib64ssh2-devel
%endif
%ifarch i386 i486 i586 i686
BuildRequires: libjpeg62-devel libmesagl1-devel libmesaglu1-devel libopenssl0.9.8-devel libssh2-devel
%endif

Or you can wait a few days until OBS finished adding Fedora 11 and an RPM will be made for you.

[rdb]

For the record, theres are now a Fedora 11 repo for Panda:
http://www.panda3d.org/download.php?distro=fedora11
http://archive.panda3d.org/rpms/fedora11/

[WWTLF]

For the record, theres are now a Fedora 11 repo for Panda:
http://www.panda3d.org/download.php?distro=fedora11
http://archive.panda3d.org/rpms/fedora11/

Is it some joke? There is no one packege for Fodora... All repos are EMPTY!

[rdb]

No, I had to shut them down because of legal issues.
Maybe someone around still has a copy, otherwise, you'll have to build it yourself.

[WWTLF]

No, I had to shut them down because of legal issues.
Maybe someone around still has a copy, otherwise, you'll have to build it yourself.

already done...
but before "make" should do "yum install mesa*"

and some bug with make install

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "makepanda/installpanda.py", line 86, in <module>
InstallPanda(destdir)
File "makepanda/installpanda.py", line 58, in InstallPanda
DeleteCVS(destdir)
File "/home/wwtlf/panda3d-1.6.2/makepanda/makepandacore.py", line 536, in DeleteCVS
for entry in os.listdir(dir):
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ''

[scuac]

Hmm, maybe the packages are named differently in Fedora 11.

You can try to download the .src RPM for fc10 and build it - or, download the source tar.gz of Panda3D and build an RPM yourself.
It's as easy as untarring the source, and then invoking:

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python makepanda/makepanda.py --everything --installer

That will, if it succeeds, generate an .rpm file which you can install.

hi, I just tried creating the RPM for Fedora 11 (downloaded the source from here). I tried the command above, and everything seems to have compiled correctly (except for some warnings saying that _XOPEN_SOURCE was redefined). But when it gets to the part where it is building the RPM it fails with the following error list:

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RPM build errors:
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/etc/Confauto.prc
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/etc/Config.prc
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/usr/share/panda3d
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/etc/ld.so.conf.d/panda3d.conf
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/usr/bin
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/usr/lib
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/usr/include/panda3d


I checked and /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT is empty. Should I put those files there myself from somewhere else?

Thanks

[rdb]

Hm, that sounds troubling. How did you compile Panda3D? Did you build it via the source RPM, or by running makepanda with --everything --installer ?

[skeptic]

No, I had to shut them down because of legal issues.

?????

[scuac]

Hm, that sounds troubling. How did you compile Panda3D? Did you build it via the source RPM, or by running makepanda with --everything --installer ?

I downloaded the 1.6.2 tar file for linux 64bit from panda3d.org and used the makepanda with --everything --installer command.

[rdb]

?????

http://en.opensuse.org/Application_Black_List
The restriction on ffmpeg use is a no-go for me.

[rdb]

I downloaded the 1.6.2 tar file for linux 64bit from panda3d.org and used the makepanda with --everything --installer command.

Hm, I might get a chance to look at it later. For now, you can install Panda3D like this:

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python makepanda/installpanda.py --prefix /usr/local

That will install Panda3D under the /usr/local/ prefix. After calling that, you just need to invoke "sudo ldconfig" and you should be all set.

[scuac]

Ok, after doing some reading on how rpmbuild works I got it to generate the RPM. I substituted the command that was being used

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rpmbuild --define '_rpmdir /home/scuac/Download/panda3d-1.6.2' -bb panda3d.spec


with

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rpmbuild --root /home/scuac/panda3d-1.6.2 --buildroot linuxroot -bb panda3d.spec


this generated the file
/home/scuac/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64.rpm
which is roughly 37MB in size

I then installed the RPM with no error message. The problem now is that when I try to execute a simple sample it crashes.

The sample file is test.py which contains

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import direct.directbase.DirectStart
run()


and the error I get is

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$ python test.py
DirectStart: Starting the game.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test1.py", line 1, in <module>
    import direct.directbase.DirectStart
  File "/usr/share/panda3d/direct/directbase/DirectStart.py", line 3, in <module>
    from direct.showbase import ShowBase
  File "/usr/share/panda3d/direct/showbase/ShowBase.py", line 10, in <module>
    from pandac.PandaModules import *
  File "/usr/share/panda3d/pandac/PandaModules.py", line 1, in <module>
    from libpandaexpressModules import *
  File "/usr/share/panda3d/pandac/libpandaexpressModules.py", line 1, in <module>
    from extension_native_helpers import *
  File "/usr/share/panda3d/pandac/extension_native_helpers.py", line 75, in <module>
    Dtool_PreloadDLL("libpandaexpress")
  File "/usr/share/panda3d/pandac/extension_native_helpers.py", line 69, in Dtool_PreloadDLL
    raise ImportError, message
ImportError: DLL loader cannot find libpandaexpress.


Is this related to a malformed RPM or is something else going on here?

[rdb]

A few checks to verify:
(1) Does the file /usr/lib/panda3d/libpandaexpress.so exist?
(2) Does the file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/panda3d.conf exist and contain the right path to the Panda3D libraries?
(3) Is the LD cache updated (e.g. does "sudo ldconfig" fix the problems)?

[skeptic]

?????

http://en.opensuse.org/Application_Black_List
The restriction on ffmpeg use is a no-go for me.

If ffmpeg is a requirement but not included in your repo, isn't that ok? I haven't installed it, I'm waiting for 1.7 before I jump in, but if compiling from source wouldn't you need ffmpeg anyway?

I guess I'm confused what the legal issue is if your repo does not include ffmpeg but simply requires it the same as compiling from source. Or is the issue that panda3d is compiled using ffmpeg source files not separately installed libs/binaries?

[rdb]

We're linking to ffmpeg and including it's header files, so that means that the Panda3D library is a derivative work of ffmpeg.

[skeptic]

We're linking to ffmpeg and including it's header files, so that means that the Panda3D library is a derivative work of ffmpeg.

Ah, ok, makes sense.

It makes me wonder how this will affect any/all future binary distributions including windows and such, as well as commercial games. For example, what does Disney do?

[scuac]

A few checks to verify:
(1) Does the file /usr/lib/panda3d/libpandaexpress.so exist?
(2) Does the file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/panda3d.conf exist and contain the right path to the Panda3D libraries?
(3) Is the LD cache updated (e.g. does "sudo ldconfig" fix the problems)?

(1) No.
(2) Yes, it exists. However it points to /usr/lib64/panda3d a folder that does not exist.
(3) Updated it. Does not help.


Well I think problem (1) pretty much says it all. I checked and libpandaexpress.so is nowhere to be found in either /usr/lib or /usr/lib64

I guess that RPM was not built correctly. I am going to uninstall it now, and try a make-install from source.

[rdb]

It makes me wonder how this will affect any/all future binary distributions including windows and such, as well as commercial games. For example, what does Disney do?

Uh, you shouldn't worry about that, we're still going to ship the official releases with ffmpeg, just not through the OBS. I've already found a build farm service for ubuntu and opensuse that does allow use of ffmpeg.
The windows and mac releases are entirely unaffected by all this.

Disney VR Studio does not use ffmpeg, as far as I know.

[skeptic]

Ah, ok, thanks. I was just worried that binary installs may be going away.

[dreamer_]

hmm; may I suggest submitting panda3d to http://rpmfusion.org/ ?

[rdb]

Now *that*'s what I was looking for. Awesome, thanks for the link! I'll look into it.

Sounds like it serves a similar purpose as packman, which I'm now using to host the openSUSE builds.

[madbad]

hi, I just tried creating the RPM for Fedora 11 (downloaded the source from here). I tried the command above, and everything seems to have compiled correctly (except for some warnings saying that _XOPEN_SOURCE was redefined). But when it gets to the part where it is building the RPM it fails with the following error list:

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RPM build errors:
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/etc/Confauto.prc
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/etc/Config.prc
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/usr/share/panda3d
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/etc/ld.so.conf.d/panda3d.conf
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/usr/bin
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/usr/lib
    File not found: /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/panda3d-1.6.2-1.x86_64/usr/include/panda3d


I checked and /home/scuac/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT is empty. Should I put those files there myself from somewhere else?

Thanks

Same problem here under Ferdora 11 64bit

I've also tried to run the samples before installing as suggested into the readme (adding the foldet inyo my path) but with no luck

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[madbad@localhost Fireflies]$ echo $PATH
/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/lib64/ccache:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/madbad/bin:/home/madbad/bin:/home/madbad/Scrivania/panda3d-1.6.2/built/bin:/home/madbad/Scrivania/panda3d-1.6.2/built/bin:/home/madbad/Scrivania/panda3d-1.6.2/built:/home/madbad/Scrivania/panda3d-1.6.2


[madbad@localhost Fireflies]$ python ./Tut-Fireflies.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./Tut-Fireflies.py", line 6, in <module>
    import direct.directbase.DirectStart
ImportError: No module named direct.directbase.DirectStart
[madbad@localhost Fireflies]$



[scuac]

Hello,

here I am again, today I decided to give panda a second shot. This time I tried following the instructions in INSTALL-MK to the letter. So the first step was building the entire thing using the command:

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makepanda/makepanda.py --everything

everything seems to work fine, just as before (there is only some warnings about _XOPEN_SOURCE being redefined). The next step in the instructions is to test the build before installing, this is where things fail. I add built/bin to the path and built/lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and test any sample program. I always get the same error (this e.g. for the Carousel sample):

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$ python Tut-Carousel.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Tut-Carousel.py", line 18, in <module>
    import direct.directbase.DirectStart
ImportError: No module named direct.directbase.DirectStart


The error is the same for all samples. What am I missing?

BTW there is no ppython anywhere to be seen in my system. From what I saw around the forums it is not necessary for linux and I should be ok to use simply python, right?

[rdb]

Hum, the instructions in INSTALL-MK are a bit outdated. You shouldn't put "built" anywhere in the system paths.

Instead, invoke makepanda with the --installer option. Alternatively, you can invoke installpanda (which works like "make install"):

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python makepanda/installpanda.py --prefix /usr/local

Then, invoke "ldconfig" as root and you should be all set.

[scuac]

Hum, the instructions in INSTALL-MK are a bit outdated. You shouldn't put "built" anywhere in the system paths.

Instead, invoke makepanda with the --installer option. Alternatively, you can invoke installpanda (which works like "make install"):

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python makepanda/installpanda.py --prefix /usr/local

Then, invoke "ldconfig" as root and you should be all set.

Ok, I will try that again. The last time around I tried using the --prefix part but I ended up with a weird directory structure, with stuff in places like:
/usr/local/usr/lib
/usr/local/usr/bin
etc...
and things did not work. It was a few weeks ago, but I will try again.

does the makepanda --installer need to be run as root?

[scuac]

wow, ok, I got something new this time trying to generate the installer:

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$ makepanda/makepanda.py --installer
Storing dependency cache.
Elapsed Time: 0 sec
Cannot build installer without python


but python is there

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$ python
Python 2.6 (r26:66714, Jun  8 2009, 16:07:29)
[GCC 4.4.0 20090506 (Red Hat 4.4.0-4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>


[madbad]

Just to make you know that I've been able to install Panda on Fedora 11 64bit.
Thats a sort of pro-noob guide (or at least that's what I've done) ^^
1) Check out svn

cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@panda3d.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/panda3d co panda3d

2) Build the source (from the main panda3d folder)

makepanda/makepanda.py --installer --everything

(this terminate with errors because of something wrong whit the rpm build process)

3) Generate myself the rpm

rpmbuild --root /home/madbad/Development/svn/panda/panda3d --buildroot linuxroot -bb panda3d.spec

The red part should be something different depending in wich directory you done the 1) step

4) Install the generated rpm

su root

Give your root password

yum localinstall /home/madbad/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/panda3d-1.7.0-1.x86_64.rpm --nogpgcheck

The red part could be something different

5) Than you have panda installed but not working because he can't find the libraries (that's due to 64bit arch)

To resolve this there is something you must put into a panda config file
The file is:

/etc/Config.prc

you must add into it this line at the end of the file to tell panda where to find the libs

plugin-path /usr/lib64/panda3d

ps.: Sorry for my bad english.

[rdb]

I had no idea fixing the RPM issue was as simple as adding a --root argument to rpmbuild. Just checked in a fix for that to makepanda, so step 3 should no longer be necessary. (Can anyone test it for me?)