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[Evert Groenewald]

Hallo list.
Well, I hope the list is still active.
My problem is that I am unable to get FWTools-2.0.6 running after 
completing ./sh.install. From the output in the console it installs ok, 
but I cannot get it running.
Now I know FWTools is long out of date and all that. But I need it to 
convert a .ecw file to a tiled tiff file. I last did this about 5 years 
ago but forgot to ad the tiling option in, the .tiff file takes a bit 
long to adjust focus when zooming in or out because the whole image is 
reprojected instead of just the area viewed. I had no need to use the 
file a lot til now, so there was no pressing need to redo the conversion.
5 years ago it took about 10 hours on a Core2Duo laptop, ten years ago 
it took 17 hours on a AMD dual core desktop. I've upgraded recently and 
would like to redo the .ecw with tiling.

I have cd'd into the bin_safe directory in the console and entered the 
"sh openev" command, the "sh openev -h" command. Below I copied the 
output from the console.

evert at linux-lbj2:~/FWTools-2.0.6/bin_safe> sh openev -h
Setup for user installed hardware acceleration
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/home/evert/FWTools-2.0.6/bin/../pymod/openev.py", line 80, in ?
     import gviewapp
   File "/home/evert/FWTools-2.0.6/bin/../pymod/gviewapp.py", line 136, in ?
     import gtk
   File "/home/evert/FWTools-2.0.6/lib/python2.2/site-packages/gtk.py", 
line 21, in ?
     import _gtk
ImportError: libXi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
directory
evert at linux-lbj2:~/FWTools-2.0.6/bin_safe> sh openev
Default software rendering mode (use -h if accelerated video card 
installed).
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/home/evert/FWTools-2.0.6/bin/../pymod/openev.py", line 80, in ?
     import gviewapp
   File "/home/evert/FWTools-2.0.6/bin/../pymod/gviewapp.py", line 136, in ?
     import gtk
   File "/home/evert/FWTools-2.0.6/lib/python2.2/site-packages/gtk.py", 
line 21, in ?
     import _gtk
ImportError: libXi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
directory
evert at linux-lbj2:~/FWTools-2.0.6/bin_safe>


So I found a old copy of FWTools on a old backup dvd, 
FWTools-linux-1.0.0a4 and unzipped it executed it, ran the "sh openev 
-h" command in the "bin_safe" directory. Pasted below is the output.


evert at linux-lbj2:~/FWTools/FWTools-linux-1.0.0a4> cd bin_safe
evert at linux-lbj2:~/FWTools/FWTools-linux-1.0.0a4/bin_safe> sh openev -h
Setup for user installed hardware acceleration
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File 
"/home/evert/FWTools/FWTools-linux-1.0.0a4/bin/../pymod/openev.py", line 
80, in ?
     import gviewapp
   File 
"/home/evert/FWTools/FWTools-linux-1.0.0a4/bin/../pymod/gviewapp.py", 
line 130, in ?
     import gtk
   File 
"/home/evert/FWTools/FWTools-linux-1.0.0a4/lib/python2.2/site-packages/gtk.py", 
line 21, in ?
     import _gtk
ImportError: libXi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
directory
evert at linux-lbj2:~/FWTools/FWTools-linux-1.0.0a4/bin_safe>


Very strange, error output are identical in both packages.

Any ideas what is going on?

Thanks in advance.


evert