install fails on OSX about catkin HOT 3 CLOSED

This is one for Ken, I think, not familar enough with setuptools to know
what the Right Thing To Do is.

Also, this install step writes a bunch of cruft to the source directory (a
directory 'build'... run svn status post install on linux to see it). Want
to make that go away as well. Also not clear to me what the right thing
there is.

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:30 PM, gerkey <
[email protected]

wrote:

On OSX (10.7.2, Python 2.7.1), 'make install' yields:

COMMAND=

• '[' -n '' ']'

• cd /Users/gerkey/code/catkin/src/catkin

• /usr/bin/env
  PYTHONPATH=/Users/gerkey/code/catkin/src/catkin/python:/tmp/catkin/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/Users/gerkey/code/catkin/src/build/gen/py
  /usr/bin/python /Users/gerkey/code/catkin/src/catkin/setup.py install
  --install-layout=deb --prefix=/tmp/catkin
  usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
  or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
  or: setup.py --help-commands
  or: setup.py cmd --help

  error: option --install-layout not recognized
  CMake Error at catkin/CMakeFiles/safe_execute_install.cmake:5 (message):
  Error executing process with arguments
  Call Stack (most recent call first):
  catkin/cmake_install.cmake:106 (INCLUDE)
  cmake_install.cmake:32 (INCLUDE)

  make: *** [install] Error 1

Removing the --install-layout=deb line from cmake/templates/
python_distutils_install.sh.in gets further but results in a different
error:

COMMAND=

• '[' -n '' ']'

• cd /Users/gerkey/code/catkin/src/genpy

• /usr/bin/env
  PYTHONPATH=/Users/gerkey/code/catkin/src/genpy/src:/tmp/catkin/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/Users/gerkey/code/catkin/src/build/gen/py
  /usr/bin/python /Users/gerkey/code/catkin/src/genpy/setup.py install
  --prefix=/tmp/catkin
  running install
  Checking .pth file support in /tmp/catkin/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
  /usr/bin/python -E -c pass
  TEST FAILED: /tmp/catkin/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ does NOT support
  .pth files
  error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH

  You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not
  on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from. The
  installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
  the distutils default setting) was:

  /tmp/catkin/lib/python2.7/site-packages/

  and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:

  '/Users/gerkey/code/catkin/src/genpy/src:/tmp/catkin/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/Users/gerkey/code/catkin/src/build/gen/py'

  Here are some of your options for correcting the problem:

• You can choose a different installation directory, i.e., one that is
  on PYTHONPATH or supports .pth files

• You can add the installation directory to the PYTHONPATH environment
  variable. (It must then also be on PYTHONPATH whenever you run
  Python and want to use the package(s) you are installing.)

• You can set up the installation directory to support ".pth" files by
  using one of the approaches described here:

http://peak.telecommunity.com/EasyInstall.html#custom-installation-locations

Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
CMake Error at genpy/CMakeFiles/safe_execute_install.cmake:5 (message):
Error executing process with arguments
Call Stack (most recent call first):
genpy/cmake_install.cmake:51 (INCLUDE)
cmake_install.cmake:34 (INCLUDE)

make: *** [install] Error 1

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https://github.com/willowgarage/catkin/issues/50

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The gist of the issue is that deb-layout uses dist-packages; the rest of the universe uses site-packages. The option isn't even available on OS X setuptools.

A first pass at fixing this is here:

kwc@0dd683d

and one more patch

kwc@a996cb6

The patch is not as clean or correct as I would like, so I won't issue a pull request on it. genpy-extras.cmake also needs to be patched.

I have tested on OSX and Ubuntu, and Brian has tested on his OS X setup. The current patch lets you install, but still has vestigial dist-packages stuff.

Troy: can you hack the patch into acceptable shape?

Separate "issue": catkin has two copies of rules.python_distutils.em

from catkin.

Patch for genpy (assumes patch above):

kwc/genpy@1fa9fe9

from catkin.