Python2.2/config/makefile?

[Nathaniel Mallet]

I'm trying to install MySQLdb on SuSE 8.1, but the setup script
complains that it can't find /usr/lib/python2.2/config/makefile. I
just looked at the ActiveState distribution on Windows, the default
Python install on SuSE 8.1 AND the Python 2.3 source distribution
downloadable from Python.org, and none of them have any mention of
that makefile. The whole config directory simply doesn't exist.

The MySQLdb setup script doesn't refer to that path or file either.
The error I get is this:

disutils.errors .DistutilsPlatf ormError: invalid Python installation:
unable to open /usr/lib/python2.2/config/makefile: no such file or
directory.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Phemur

[Gerhard Häring]

Re: Python2.2/config/makefile?

Nathaniel Mallet wrote:[color=blue]
> disutils.errors .DistutilsPlatf ormError: invalid Python installation:
> unable to open /usr/lib/python2.2/config/makefile: no such file or
> directory.[/color]

Install the Python development package, called python-devel or some such
in your distribution.

This is really a FAQ and probably should be listed in the Python FAQ if
it not already is ...

-- Gerhard