Can't seem to install it?

[coolq1000]

Hey, it's me!

I've decided to use your library again(it's just too cool). However when I tried to install it again(with pip) it gave me an error.

Here is the error:

C:\Users\USER>pip install gameboycore
Collecting gameboycore
  Downloading gameboycore-0.4.0.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Error: BOOST_ROOT is not set

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-j49jxumh\gameboycore\

I am using windows 10 x64 bit. I'm also using Python 3.6 with a 64 bit installation.

Thanks!

[nnarain]

Hey,

Currently, the prebuilt binaries only go up to Python 3.5 on Windows. If you take a look here you can see how to build Boost.Python and you can add a BOOST_ROOT environment variable to your system.

Currently busy with school so if I find the time to add in the python 3.6 I will.

[nnarain]

Thanks for using this and finding bugs

[coolq1000]

Ok, so, is Boost.Python for using C libraries with python?

I managed to get boost, and I ran bootstrap and the bjam commands through the cmd. However I couldn't find user-config.bjam?

Should I set the enviroment variables usng the SET command? Also one final question, where should I point BOOST_ROOT and PYTHON_ROOT to (using the set command)?

I hope I'm not bothering you, or getting in the way of your school work!

Thanks!

[nnarain]

Boost.Python is for building Python C extensions. You can take a look at the gameboycore-python source code to see how I'm doing it.

You create user-config.jam in the boost root directory.

The Boost root directory is simply the path to the boost folder. So BOOST_ROOT would point to C:\boost_1_60_0 for example.

You can use the SET command if you want. For things like Boost I add an environment variable using Control Panel -> System -> Advanced System Settings.

Achieves the same thing, except its persistent.

PYTHON_ROOT would point to your python installation. So for you I'm guessing its C:\Python36. But you'll have to check.

You can also add that through Control Panel as well. Or just use SET to make it temporary.

[coolq1000]

Okay, so that all seemed to work, however now I'm getting another error :(

Here it is:

C:\boost_1_64_0>pip install gameboycore
Collecting gameboycore
  Using cached gameboycore-0.4.1.tar.gz
Installing collected packages: gameboycore
  Running setup.py install for gameboycore ... error
    Complete output from command c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\coolq\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-5fghwqoz\\gameboycore\\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\coolq\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-uqqqwg67-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
    == Boost Configuration ==
    -- BOOST_ROOT:          "C:\boost_1_64_0"
    -- BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR:   "C:\boost_1_64_0"
    -- BOOST_LIB_DIR:       "C:\boost_1_64_0"\stage\lib
    -- BOOST_LIB_DIR_EXTRA: "C:\boost_1_64_0"\

    == Python Configuration ==
    PYTHON_ROOT:        "C:\Users\coolq\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36"
    PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR: "C:\Users\coolq\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36"\include
    PYTHON_LIB_DIR:     "C:\Users\coolq\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36"\libs

    == GameboyCore Configuration ==
    -- INCLUDE_DIR: C:\Users\coolq\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-5fghwqoz\gameboycore\src\gameboycore\include
    -- ENDIAN:      __LITTLEENDIAN__
    -- CXX_FLAGS:

    running install
    running build
    running build_ext
    building 'gameboycore' extension
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "C:\Users\coolq\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-5fghwqoz\gameboycore\setup.py", line 131, in <module>
        url="https://github.com/nnarain/gameboycore-python"
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
        dist.run_commands()
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 955, in run_commands
        self.run_command(cmd)
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
        cmd_obj.run()
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\install.py", line 61, in run
        return orig.install.run(self)
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 545, in run
        self.run_command('build')
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
        self.distribution.run_command(command)
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
        cmd_obj.run()
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 135, in run
        self.run_command(cmd_name)
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
        self.distribution.run_command(command)
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
        cmd_obj.run()
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\build_ext.py", line 75, in run
        _build_ext.run(self)
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 339, in run
        self.build_extensions()
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 448, in build_extensions
        self._build_extensions_serial()
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 473, in _build_extensions_serial
        self.build_extension(ext)
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\build_ext.py", line 196, in build_extension
        _build_ext.build_extension(self, ext)
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 558, in build_extension
        target_lang=language)
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\ccompiler.py", line 717, in link_shared_object
        extra_preargs, extra_postargs, build_temp, target_lang)
      File "c:\users\coolq\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\distutils\_msvccompiler.py", line 460, in link
        build_temp = os.path.dirname(objects[0])
    IndexError: list index out of range

Thanks again!

[nnarain]

At a glance, I'm guessing you don't have the right version of Visual Studio installed. I don't exactly want to send you on a goose chase setting up your system either.

Give me a day or two and I can't add python 3.5 and 3.6 64 bit.

But in the meantime can you try running: pip install gameboycore --upgrade

I have a 32 bit binary build for Python 3.6. I don't actually know whether a 32 bit extension will work with 64 bit python

[coolq1000]

Ok, thanks btw for helping me 😄. I ran the command and I got the exact same error.

I could maybe download 32-bit python, as I explicitly downloaded the 64-bit version?

[nnarain]

Does the output say Using cached gameboycore-0.4.1.tar.gz

Because it needs to try to install 0.4.2

[coolq1000]

You're right! It does say that, how can I get it to use 0.4.2?

[nnarain]

Try:

pip uninstall gameboycore pip install gameboycore --no-cache-dir

[coolq1000]

Okay, so I tried that, however I still tried to install 0.4.1, I have reformatted my PC since I had it working last, I don't know if that would make a difference though 😕.

When I ran uninstall, it said there was nothing to uninstall 😢

[nnarain]

Well, that makes sense I guess since it didn't install in the first place. Looks like pip is looking for a 64-bit distribution which is to be expected.

This should be resolved when I add the 64 bit Python extension. Thanks for trying that stuff out.

[coolq1000]

Would you prefer I install 32-bit, or wait for 64-bit? It seems that it would be easier if I installed 32-bit, however if you want me to test it, I can wait?

[nnarain]

Stick with the 64 bit

[coolq1000]

Okay thanks :)

[nnarain]

Python 3.6 x64 is up.

pip install gameboycore --no-cache-dir

If the installation fails, ensure you are installing version 0.4.3.

[coolq1000]

YESSSSSS, You did it! It worked!!!

Woot!

Thanks again mate! Now I'll try an example!