Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] MacPorts and out-of-tree modules

[Peter Horvath]

Hi Michael,

thanks for the quick and extensive reply.
Using otool I could see that my OOT module got linked to the system
Python instead of the macports Python.
I can cure this by adding -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=... etc. to the cmake
command line, and now everything links and runs correctly. I'm very
happy and I can work on my OOT stuff using your port. I also managed to
use llvm instead of Clang. So it seems the same catch applies for OOT
modules as well: I should let cmake explicitly know where to find the
appropriate Python, otherwise everything is just fine.

This single forgotten OOT module (inadvertently linked to system Python
and left installed in /usr/local) broke everything, crashed Python when
I tried to add /usr/local/... to PYTHONPATH.
Best regards,
Peter


> Hi Péter - It's been a while since I tried OOT modules with GNU Radio; it's 
> certainly possible that the CMake scripts don't quite work on OSX right now.  
> I'll add testing an OOT module to my queue for by mid-August.
> 
> One recommendation is to not use /opt/local to install the module; use 
> /usr/local instead, or ~/GNURadio/local, or some other non-MacPorts location. 
>  MacPorts is happiest when it has its space undisturbed by anything else.
> 
> CMake should handle setting the libraries and Python scripts correctly, so 
> then all you should need to do is set PYTHONPATH to point to your new 
> location's site-packages directory.
> 
> If the Python script is found, but importing it fails because the .dylib was 
> not found, then you'll need to check out the .so file that is loaded by 
> Python; it should be located in the same directory as the Python scripts.  If 
> the file is "foo.so", you can do "otool -L foo.so" to see what libraries the 
> .so file is linked against.  If the .dylib is found but the wrong directory, 
> you can use "install_name_tool" to change it to what it is supposed to be -- 
> and, then please let me know so that I can fix the issue within CMake.
> 
> To build GNU Radio outside of MacPorts, you'll want to use something like 
> (all one line; watch for line breaks due to email), assuming from the 
> top-level GNU Radio source directory:
> 
> mkdir build
> cd build
> CC=/usr/bin/gcc CXX=/usr/bin/g++ cmake 
> -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/opt/local/bin/python2.7 
> -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Headers 
> -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Python 
> -DSPHINX_EXECUTABLE=/opt/local/bin/rst2html-2.7.py 
> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local ..
> make
> make test
> 
> and so forth.  CMake does not do a great job finding Python on OSX when 
> multiple versions are installed; hence all of those defines.
> 
> gcc-4.7 from MacPorts cannot be used to compile GNU Radio just yet; we're 
> working on that issue.  If you want to use something other than Clang, you 
> can do that via (e.g., if you are using 10.8):
> 
> sudo port install gnuradio +full configure.compiler=llvm-gcc-4.2
> 
> to use Apple's Xcode LLVM; for more info, see < http://guide.macports.org > 
> and search for "configure.compiler".
> 
> I hope this helps.  I'll be away for the coming week; hopefully someone else 
> can jump in if you can't figure this out. - MLD
> 
> On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:50 PM, Péter Horváth <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> I try to use my out-of-tree modules using OS X 10.8 and the MacPorts version 
>> of gnuradio. I'm not very experienced with OS X. Gnuradio itself works well 
>> when installed using MacPorts.
>>
>> I configure the out-of-tree modules with
>> DGR_PYTHON_DIR=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages
>>  
>> DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/local
>>
>> (after having patched GrPython.cmake so that it indeed handles GR_PYTHON_DIR)
>>
>> So, the Python stuff ends up in this esoteric site-packages folder instead 
>> of /opt/local/lib/..., exactly as core the gnuradio modules do, and the 
>> .dylib file goes to /opt/local/lib, where the core gnuradio stuff seems to 
>> reside as well. However, although I can import the swig'd Python modules, 
>> the .dylib is not found. Core gnuradio stuff works. What am I missing here?
>>
>> On a side note, how do you configure gnuradio itself if you want to compile 
>> it yourself instead of getting it from the macports distribution? Are those 
>> two options above correct and sufficient? 
>>
>> I've got gcc-4.7 from macports, but still the macports-gnuradio gets 
>> compiled with CLANG. Is that normal? :)