Python with debian?

[pontiac]

Just tried to compile the cvs under debian (knoppix) and configure just giv me this message:

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checking for python... configure: error: *** Python version 2.2 or later not found!

I have installed Python 2.2.3.
So i looked in configure.in and found this:

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dnl check for Python
dnl
dnl for now support automake versions < 1.5 for 2 reasons:
dnl  - it is not available on some distros (SuSE, RedHat, ...)
dnl  - it can not find python 2.2 in many other cases (debian, ...)

How can i tell configure to use python?

Thanks in advance
Pontiac

[hellcatv]

paste your config.log

that error just says that there was an error
we can't know the real cause until we see config.log
(as in the title of the forum )

[hellcatv]

I think you need to install python-dev package perhaps

type

ls /usr/include/python*

[pontiac]

I think you need to install python-dev package perhaps

Maaaaaany thanks, that was my fault.
Should have thought of this ...silly me

Pontiac