Configuring glfw for Python in Eclipse

Question

I'm trying to get OpenGL to work with Python. I'm using a python binding of glfw to display the window/configure the keyboard and such.

The Sourceforge page for pyglfw has a download link containing a .pyd file and a dll. On the git page, pyglfw contains a bunch of folders.

I downloaded both, and referenced them with PyDev in Eclipse, in the Eclipse "External Libraries" section. I wrote some code:

import glfw

glfw.Init();

if (glfw.OpenWindow(800, 600, 5, 6, 5, 0, 8, 0, glfw.FULLSCREEN) != True):
    glfw.Terminate(); # calls glfwTerminate() and exits
    glfw.SetWindowTitle("The GLFW Window");

And received this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Zolani\workspace\PyGLCanvas\main\main.py", line 1, in <module>
    import glfw 
  File "C:\Users\Zolani\Desktop\pyglfw-main\pyglfw-master\glfw\__init__.py", line 395,     in <module>
    raise RuntimeError("no GLFW shared library found")
RuntimeError: no GLFW shared library found

I'm not sure what it's unable to find that it won't run. If I'm referencing the wrong directories within one of these folders, which ones do I need to reference in Eclipse's external library for it to find what it needs?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '13 at 09:39

Python modules must be installed in the right directories. Usually $PYTHON/site-packages/…. However why bother with doing all this manually. pyglfw is available through PIP.

pip install pyglfw takes care of downloading, building and installing the module.

Configuring glfw for Python in Eclipse

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