Installing Orange, openSUSE x64

 Old draft I never published:

Sadly, there aren't any binaries to install orange from.  In theory nightly builds are nice as you have the latest changes, however in practice, a lot can go wrong.

Download the nightly build (bottom of page) for linux
Extract the zip file.
follow the instructions for install listed here:
http://www.ailab.si/orange/installation_suse.html
caveots:
- the version of numpy and PyQwt need to be incremented to the verson you downloaded.
- when trying to run Orange Canvas, you will get an error "ImportError: No module named orange"
         -   create a blank file named __init__.py in the /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/orange directory (this solution found here)


that fixes that error, but then you are stuck by:


 > python /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/orange/OrangeCanvas/orngCanvas.pyw
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                                                  
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/orange/OrangeCanvas/orngCanvas.pyw", line 13, in <module>                                
    import orngTabs, orngDoc, orngDlgs, orngOutput, orngHelp, OWReport                                                              
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/orange/OrangeWidgets/OWReport.py", line 21, in <module>                                  
    from OWWidget import *                                                                                                          
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/orange/OrangeWidgets/OWWidget.py", line 7, in <module>                                   
    from OWBaseWidget import *                                                                                                      
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/orange/OrangeWidgets/OWBaseWidget.py", line 95, in <module>                              
    from orange import ExampleTable 

Installing OpenSUSE on ASUS K55A

Burned and installed a copy of KDE OpenSUSE 11.4.


Things to prep for install:

Enter "BIOS" Setup (press <esc> during boot.

enable UEFI Compatibility Support Module 
disable Fast Boot Mode

Boot the CD/DVD in UEFI mode
Results:

Live CD seemed to work well, but I was unable to activate wirless.

Grub for UFEI worked!!

Wireless after install still did not work as the wireless adaptor seems to not have been detected.  Ended up installing Ubuntu, which worked great.