[ZODB-Dev] Probelm with install of Standalone ZODB on RedHat7.3

[Greg Ward]

On 24 July 2002, Fred Griffin said:

> I'm unable to install Standalone ZODB in a Redhat 7.3 system with both
> Python 1.5.2 and Python 2.2 installed.
[...]
> when I run "python2 setup.py build" I get the following output.
> 
> ============ BEGIN ============
> running build
> running build_py
[...]
> running build_ext
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "setup.py", line 116, in ?
>     headers = ['ExtensionClass/src/ExtensionClass.h', 'ZODB/cPersistence.h'],
[...]
> line 408, in get_config_vars
>   File 
> "/usr/src/build/87651-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/sysconfig.py", 
> line 313, in _init_posix
> distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation: unable 
> to open /usr/lib/python2.2/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
> 
> =================== END =======================

I'm *sure* this is a Distutils FAQ.

The problem is that your Python 2.2 installation is incomplete.  It
looks like you forgot to install a "python2-dev" or "python2-devel"
package that Red Hat should have provided.

        Greg
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