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mapy linux x64 works, wow

by lala on Sep.19, 2009, under General, Linux

previously i have been using Cutter, and its really good for MEL. in my case, it didn’t work well for python and maya.
i had heard previously a lot about mapy and tried it few times, but it never worked in linux. but this time it worked. here are precise steps to make sure that it worked

1- download mapy installation from ( google groups )
file: mapy.301.Linux_x64.tar.bz2

2- its a zip file, unload all of its contents to a folder “rodmena.com” and place this folder in  “/usr/local”

3- make sure you own / read-write (rights) on this folder

4- offcourse, i m assuming u have install scite already from yum/synaptic (whatever version)

5- update scite files (which came with mapy) to your scite installation e.g (mapy scite files will be at: /usr/local/rodmena.com/scite). also it is critical for 2 files (mel / python)

6- after copying those files, edit them in gedit or scite and update your paths at end. critical note is: they are looking for “mapy.py”. remember that this is inside “src” folder of downloaded / installed place.
e.g file in scite (installed) : /usr/share/scite/mel.properties
cMel=python “/usr/local/rodmena.com/src/mapy.py” “$(FilePath)”
same goes for python in relevancy offcourse :)

if u tried and it didn’t worked, let me know, i’ll try to write more detailed steps. in my case it worked for sure (office / home) no paths updating in env or py

ok, to sync it with mapy, run port command in maya on start up (commandPort -n “:29555″;)

for mel execution (F5) for python execution (ctrl+2) works

too good

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2 comments for this entry:
  1. lala
    October 16th, 2009 on 11:44 am

    if using kde, then default scite 1.x might not work,
    get updated version 2.x from “getDeb” website. then compare three files from previous farsheed version
    mel properties file
    python properties file
    global properties file
    and off course previous changes and it will work

  2. Francesco
    December 7th, 2009 on 5:06 pm

    I tried to install mapy but I have not been successful.
    I installed scite then I overwrite the files with those supplied with mapy,but the mapy version does not work.
    Using Ubuntu and overwriting files Ottens two versions of a Scite . one it works with python and the other the mapy version does not work.
    I noticed that in Ubuntu install scite is written in lower case whereas in the mapy is written SciTE and not find the various languages.
    Could you kindly give a more detailed guide to installing on ubuntu especially in Section 5 and 6 of your guide.
    Keep in mind the difference between the versions of SciTE SciTE and ubuntu.
    Also you can automatically launch commandPort-n “: 29555th? ;at Maya startup ?

    Thanks Francesco

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