id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
4029	OMPython setup.py assumes omniidl is installed	sigurd.jakobsen@…	Alachew Mengist	"Hi,
I recently installed openmodelica from build.openmodelica.org_apt_dists_xenial_nightly_binary-amd64_Packages .
However, I ran into some trouble installing OMPython. The problem was that when using pip install setup.py fails at line 34 because omniidl is not installed. The error message is quite cryptic:
    
{{{
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File ""<string>"", line 1, in <module>
      File ""/tmp/pip-zmpu5w-build/setup.py"", line 38, in <module>
        generateIDL()
      File ""/tmp/pip-zmpu5w-build/setup.py"", line 34, in generateIDL
        if 0<>call([""omniidl"",""-bpython"",""-Wbglobal=_OMCIDL"",""-Wbpackage=OMPythonIDL"",idl]):
      File ""/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py"", line 523, in call
        return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
      File ""/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py"", line 711, in __init__
        errread, errwrite)
      File ""/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py"", line 1343, in _execute_child
        raise child_exception
    OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
}}}


I was therefore thinking that it would be better if omniidl was listed as a dependency or that the setup script printed an error telling the user to install omniidl.

Best regards
Sigurd"	enhancement	closed	low	1.12.0	OMPython	v1.11.0	fixed