To build PyEO, a number of steps are neccessary. PyEO depends on Boost.Python v2,
which in turn expects the presence of python2.2. As we can't expect people to have 
this installed some instructions are in order to help people build PyEO.so 

First of all, currently Windows is not supported. I don't develop on windows and 
don't have access to a compiler on it. 

PyEO has been developed on Debian, using gcc 2.95-4.

My primary platform is debian, so the default Makefile provides for that. Below you
will also find instructions for rpm-based distributions. As far as I know this includes
RedHat, Mandrake, Suse, Yellowdog, and probably a lot more. If I recall correctly, the RPM
format is the LSB default.

===== Building PyEO on Debian =====

Point your /etc/apt/sources.list to the unstable distribution (if it's not there already),
and install:

for Python:

$ apt-get install python2.2
$ apt-get install python2.2-dev

It might also be a good idea to install the numeric library

$ apt-get install python2.2-numeric


For Boost.Python:

$ apt-get install libboost-python1.29.0
$ apt-get install libboost-python-dev

If all goes well, this will also install libstlport. If it doesn't,

$ apt-get install libstlport4.5

and maybe

$ apt-get install libstlport4.5-dev 

but I'm not sure about the latter.

Now you can type

$ make

And after (a long) wait, a file called PyEO.so will be produced. 

===== Building PyEO on an RPM-based Distro =====

The following recipe has only been tested on a RedHat 7.1 installation, on other
systems some stuff might be different.

== Getting Python2.2 ==

If you don't have python2.2 installed (newer distro's install this by default),
you can either install it from a binary specifically build for your distro, or
you can build it from source by going to:

http://www.python.org/2.2.1/rpms.html

and getting the source by clicking the link to python2-2.2.1-2.src.rpm

This actually links to:

http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.2.1/rpms/python2-2.2.1-2.src.rpm

for your convenience I mirrored this file at:

http://www.cs.vu.nl/~mkeijzer/PyEO/python2-2.2.1-2.src.rpm

by usuing the command:

$ rpm --rebuild python2-2.2.1-2.src.rpm

or  with newer versions of rpm

$ rpmbuild python2-2.2.1-2.src.rpm

It will build a binary rpm for your computer. On this Redhat 7.1 box it put the 
RPMS it build in

/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/

The ones you need to install are:

python2-2.2.1-2.i386.rpm
python2-devel-2.2.1-2.i386.rpm

But you might want to install the rest as well.

== Getting Boost.Python ==

First of all, do a quick check. At the prompt type:

$ python

If you see something like:

Python 2.2.2 (#4, Oct 15 2002, 04:21:28)
[GCC 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

(don't mind the second line, It's the version info we're interested in)

You're set to go. Unfortunately, on this Redhat 7.1 box I tested things on, /usr/bin/python
insisted on pointing to /usr/bin/python1.5 . Unfortunately, the boost source rpm depends
on python to provide 2.2. If this is the case on your machine as well, there are two
possible fixes (of which one I tested).

/usr/bin/python is a symlink, let it point to /usr/bin/python2.2 (this one I tested)

DON'T forget to repoint /usr/bin/python to /usr/bin/python1.5 after you build the boost libraries: Redhat tools
depend on this!

or

alias python=/usr/bin/python2.2 (which would be better if it works, but untested.)

So given that you are in a shell that uses python2.2 if you issue 
the command 'python', get two boost source rpms at:

http://www.starostik.de/malte/boost/

namely

boost-jam-3.1.3-1.src.rpm
boost-1.29.0-2.src.rpm

Which I also mirrored at

http://www.cs.vu.nl/~mkeijzer/PyEO/boost-jam-3.1.3-1.src.rpm
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~mkeijzer/PyEO/boost-1.29.0-2.src.rpm

First build and install jam using either rpm --rebuild or rpmbuild.

The file you have to install is:

boost-jam-3.1.3-1.i386.rpm

This is the 'make' replacement that is used by boost.

Next, build boost-1.29.0.src.rpm using 'rpm --rebuild' or 'rpmbuild'

The only rpm's that this procedure produces that you need to install is:

boost-python-1.29.0-2.i386.rpm
boost-python-devel-1.29.0-2.i386.rpm


When installing boost-python-devel, I got a dependency problem with libpython-dev,
this was probably caused by the same problem I had with python2.2, python1.5. I ignored
it by using:

$ rpm -i --nodep boost-python-devel-1.29.0-2.i386.rpm

and you're all set to type

$ make -fMakefile.rpm

in the PyEO build directory

==== Testing PyEO==========

After building go to the test directory and type

$ ./run_tests.sh

If you don't see errors, all is well and you're ready to go