[Eric] Eric5 at Mac OS X / Homebrew

[Detlev Offenbach]

Hello,

is it correct that 'prefix' is an environment variable that can be tested for with code like

if 'prefix' in os.environ:

Detlev

On Tuesday 08 April 2014, 18:43:58 Hirschfeld Michael wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> currently I wrote a 'formula/receipt' for the Homebrew package manager to
> build and install eric5 at OS X [1].
> 
> It builds and installs fine except for one thing. Homebrew installs all
> software into its own 'prefix' in '/usr/local' and almost all of
> eric5-files also went there. But the target for the application bundle is
> hardcoded in install.py and installs Eric5 in /Applications regardless of
> the prefix:
> 
> def createMacAppBundle(pydir):
>    """
>    Create a Mac application bundle.
> 
>    @param pydir the name of the directory where the Python script will
>        eventually be installed (string)
>    """
>    global cfg, sourceDir, macAppBundleName, macPythonExe
> 
>    dirs = {"contents":
> "/Applications/{0}/Contents/".format(macAppBundleName), "exe":
> "/Applications/{0}/Contents/MacOS".format(macAppBundleName), "icns":
> "/Applications/{0}/Contents/Resources".format(
>                macAppBundleName)}
>    os.makedirs(dirs["contents"])
>    os.mkdir(dirs["exe"])
>    os.mkdir(dirs["icns"])
> 
> So the Homebrew test bot failed with a "PermissionError: [Errno 13]
> Permission denied: '/Applications/eric5.app'" [2] You can follow the
> discussion from the pull request at [3].
> 
> Any chance to get the install target changed, maybe by a conditional test
> a'la if $prefix is set
>   install in $prefix
> else
>    install in /Applications
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
> 
> 
> 
> [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/28205/commits
> [2]
> http://bot.brew.sh/job/Homebrew%20Pull%20Requests/9512/version=mavericks/te
> stReport/junit/brew-test-bot/mavericks/install_eric5/ [3]
> https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/28205
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