configure not detecting python on ubuntu 7.10

humbabba · Post by **humbabba** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:07 pm

I am nearly certain I have it installed, I have attached the config.log

Post by **loki1950** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:21 pm

Welcome humbabba no kidding you have Python installed since Gnome uses it quite a lot

as to why the configure script does not find it i am not sure there are others that use Ubuntu that may enlighten us

Enjoy the Choice

humbabba · Post by **humbabba** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:34 am

So, is there a way to just skip over that part of the configure script?

Post by **safemode** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:31 am

python may be installed, but the devel pkgs may not be. check to see if you have python-config in your /usr/bin

Post by **ace123** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:36 am

I think safemode's right...

In ubuntu you should install the "python-dev" development package through APT.
In 7.10 gutsy it should be python version 2.5.

Post by **safemode** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:17 am

Also, when using multiple versions of python libraries, it's always good to specify the specific desired version of python you want with the configure directive --with-python=

If you use the directive --enable-boost=system you'll need to match the version of python used to create the boost-python library with the with-python directive.

hope that wasn't confusing