[reportlab-users] Unable to install with python 2.7.3

[Moretti Sébastien]

Once installed at the --root place (in the final python place), tests 
run fine.
Tests fail when files are not in the python "normal" tree.

Thanks


>>> My bad,

>>>

>>> try

>>>

>>>

>>> python -c"from reportlab.graphics import renderPM"

>>

>> After

>>      cd ./build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/

>> the command

>>      python -c"from reportlab.graphics import renderPM"

>> returns no error message.

>>

>> It looks setup.py tests does not look at the right place, after a

>> setup.py build

>> OR a setup.py install with --root

>>

>>> renderPM.py is the pixmap renderer that we use for bit maps etc etc. It

>>> needs PIL to run and also the extension _renderPM.so. However, it needs

>>> to initialize its canvas with a standard font (like the PDF canvas) so

>>> we are using the Helvetica outlines (from _a______.pfb).

>>>

>>> You seem to have those so can you also try

>>>

>>> python -c"import PIL" to check that PIL is installed.

>>

>> OK for PIL, no error message.

>>

> well you should be able to run the tests directly in the tests folder by

> running

>

> python ./runAll.py


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