Hi, Im having a problem where i click on the skeinforge application and all that happens is that a command prompt box (i don't know the technical term but i think that's it. it opens at the beginning, blender has one) and then vanishes in about one second, just pops up, pops down, and skeinforge doesn't open. any ideas?
thanks!
You will need to be a lot more specific about your setup. PC, Mac or Linux for starters.
You likely have not Python installed correctly. Skeinforge is a Python application and needs it to be properly installed to work. This is a process in it self - installing ReplicatorG does not do that.
Be sure to follow the instructions as for instance described here for Thing-o-Matics: http://wiki.makerbot.com/thingomatic-doc:software-installation
thanks, oh yeah, my machine set up is a windows 64 bit, so I installed the Python 2.7.3 Windows X86-64 installer, and just the plain windows installer, but neither work.
I do have Replicator G installed, when it told me that i needed a python program, I installed it and it worked fine. but this is just for Skeinforge
Those are the correct versions.
Can you see if the problem is the same with all Python applications? You can try with other Python programs and see if they behave properly. For instance, Pronterface (which is a great interface for 3d printers by Kliment) is a pure Python app at [https://github.com/kliment/Printrun] . You could try to see if you can get it to run properly or just do the window thing.
I saw the same problem in the Mac when you can execute a python and then get the window flash thing or you can run so it compiles and executes properly. In that case I had to right click and pick another software to "open" it in order to run it - in the mac it was "pythonlauncher" and by making the default for all .py scripts I stopped the window problem. I am not sure if this is the simplest or even correct way but it worked. There is apparently a windows version here : [http://blog.python.org/2011/07/python-launcher-for-windows_11.html].
Remember that Repg is not a Python application - it is an executable, Skeinforge is a Python application, so Repg "works" (it can't slice though) even if Python does not.
Unfortunately, I am not that versed on Python and most of experience is from trial and error (mostly error). :P
puzzler300 - I'm also having the same issue, I'm running on a Windows x64 machine. Were you able to fix this?
Bluemental - I can run pronterface (Python App) just fine.
I was able to get a screen shot of the command window before it closed and it says "You do not have Tkinter,which is needed for the graphical interface, you will only be able to use the command line." I tried working on installing Tcl/Tk but was told that I had to install MS VC C++ before I installed Tcl/Tk. I went down that path and found that I had to have Windows XP Service Pack 3 in order to install MS VC C++, which isn't around for a 64-bit machine. I'm currently stuck at this point and could use some advice. Thanks in advance!
Personally, I'd try using the 32-bit version of Python instead of the 64-bit version which you have linked. It may or may not make a difference, but that's at least the first place I'd start. You'll have no issues running the 32-bit version on your 64-bit version of Windows:
http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/python-2.7.3.msi
And I found this via Google:
"If you are using a Windows 7 64-bit machine, you cannot be using a 64 bit version of Java. You need to install the 32 bit version of Java otherwise RepG will not open, although the process is active in the task manager. "