Python on the zaurus

[ziggo118]

hey I\'m fairly new to this so bare with me.

OK i hear there is a version of python that will run on QT. (PYQT)
Now i wne to the website and i saw the pakcages and stuff but I dont know whic ones to download and i downloaded afew and they dont seem to work... has anyone had any experience dealign with PYQT?  Do you knwo whice packagesI am suposed to be downloading and such.....

thanks

by the way I\'m running a zaurus SL-5600 ...right out of the box..

[zaferaktan]

I downloaded the zope ipk which I found out on the zaurus software index homepage - it included python 2.1.   It did not complete the installation on my 5600 but I ended up python 2.1 version after removed the zope directory.  I found out python 2.3 related ipk\'s from the same homepage and will try them sometime this week and replace the 2.1 version.  Will post the details here.

[freizugheit]

What\'s your ROM version where you can check under System Information.

My ROM version is 1.32C and I have downloaded  and successfully installed latest Zauraus Python 2.3.3-1.0 from this site: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/zaurus...us/download.php

However, I have linker problem with the PYQT from the same site: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/download.php

Please feedback whether you encounter any problem when running PYQT codes with Python.

[ClintReese]

hey I\'m fairly new to this so bare with me.

OK i hear there is a version of python that will run on QT.

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by the way I\'m running a zaurus SL-5600 ...right out of the box..

I\'m new at this also.    I don\'t know about PyQT yet, but I am running Python on the Z-SL-5600.

About 2 days ago, I installed Python from Riverbanks on my Zaurus SL-5600 with the ROM \"right out of the box.\"  The interactive session seems to work well, and I have run and modified some simple example programs with ease.  Of course, you will also need to install the terminal application from Sharp or something similar if you wish to do this.  

python_2.3.3-1.0_arm.ipk

http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/zaurus...us/download.php

I don\'t know if this helps you or not.  If it was PyQT specifically that you wanted to know about, I guess I can\'t help you... yet.

Clint Reese

[nilch]

PyQT is also avalable for the Sharp Zaurus. Its a GPL\'d release too.

and is avalbale from Riverbank also
http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/download.php

For various additional modules you can download the module specific to your tasks - like Python-webtools for web connectivity and other options (http libraries etc), since Pythoin itself has been slimmed down to be a smaller foot-print installation.

Python and PyQT makes up a very potent application development framework for the zaurus and a very faster one too.
There are in fact some Python/PQT based apps avalibale for the zaurus too (at Killefiz and Handango).

P.S. : I have seen that I dont face any errors if I stick to Python 2.2 and the older version of PyQT. The newer versions are a bit different in that regard.

[Mickeyl]

Just for the records... there\'s also http://www.vanille.de/projects/python.spy

[ClintReese]

P.S. : I have seen that I dont face any errors if I stick to Python 2.2 and the older version of PyQT. The newer versions are a bit different in that regard.

(you also mentioned the GPL)

Has 2.2 been packaged for the Zaurus by someone?

About the GPL which you mention, I\'m no legal expert, but:

Riverbank doesn\'t seem to give  the license information for their \"port\" of Python to the Zaurus.  They can\'t copyright a port, can they?  The last time I checked, the Python interpetter and compiler were under the GPL, I believe.

QT\'s and PyQT\'s licenses seems a little confusing to me also.  I didn\'t think that the GPL could constrain whether the the tool is used for a commercial pupose.  \"You recieved free, give free\" is a Biblical verse, but not any law of which I know.  I thought that a \"derived work\" involved including part of the code of the \"original work.\"

Anyway, I\'ll have to research that.

Clint Reese

[ClintReese]

P.S. : I have seen that I dont face any errors if I stick to Python 2.2 and the older version of PyQT. The newer versions are a bit different in that regard.

 The last time I checked, the Python interpetter and compiler were under the GPL, I believe.

Oops! The CRNI, not the GPL.

Clint Reese

[ClintReese]

P.S. : I have seen that I dont face any errors if I stick to Python 2.2 and the older version of PyQT. The newer versions are a bit different in that regard.

 The last time I checked, the Python interpetter and compiler were under the GPL, I believe.

Oops! The CRNI, not the GPL.

Clint Reese

Just for the record, I think that 250 pounds would be a real bargain for such a system.  I just hope that there are no more strings attached than that.

Clint Reese