Installing Perception Toolkit Dependencies

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Java Experiments

The Java experiments don't have any additional dependencies, except for Java 5 or later.

Python Experiments

We are in the process of updating these instructions for creating MacOS X Universal binaries. The original setup instructions may be found here: Pre-Universal Installation Instructions.

Steps below reference binary packages found here: PythonMac Universal.

The links provided below are for the library versions which were the latest at the time of writing. If you find a broken link or note there is a newer version, please send me a message so I can fix it.

1. Download and install:
1. Universal version of Python 2.4.
2. wxPython
3. PyOpenGL
4. PyObjC
5. PyGame
6. Download, build, and install py2app:
1. Download py2app source.
2. Unpack the archive
3. Run the MacOS X Terminal application (available in your /Applications/Utilities folder).
4. Enter py2app-x.y.z folder.
5. Run sudo python2.4 setup.py install
6. In version 0.3.5 of py2app you have to apply this patch to get the icon to appear.
2. For VisionEgg based experiments:
1. Download and install:
1. Numeric
2. PIL
3. Xcode 2.4
2. Download the VisionEgg 1.0 source.
3. Unpack the archive.
4. Run the MacOS X Terminal application (available in your /Applications/Utilities folder).
5. Fix PIL permissions with command: sudo chmod -R +r /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/PIL*
6. Enter the visionegg-1.0 folder.
7. Run sudo python2.4 setup.py install