Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Install gnuradio error help request

[Eric Blossom]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 08:45:05PM -0500, EDWARD HALL wrote:
> I am doing my first build of gnuradio and am getting an error related to 
> "Python include path."
> 
> My Linux installation is a hard drive install of a Knoppix live CD.  My 
> system is a 500 MHz Pentium.  I am following the HowToBuildFromCVS 
> instructions and get the following results when I use:
> 
> address@hidden:~/gr-build$<mailto:address@hidden:~/gr-build$> ./for-all-dirs 
> ./buildit 2>&1 | tee make.log
> 
> >>>/home/ward/gr-build/gnuradio-core
> 
> (deleted many lines)
> 
> checking for python... /usr/bin/python
> checking for python version... 2.3
> checking for python platform... linux2
> checking for python script directory... 
> ${prefix}/lib/python2.3/site-packages
> checking for python extension module directory... 
> ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.3/site-packages
> checking for Python include path... find: /usr/include/python/: No such file 
> or directory
> 
> configure: error: cannot find Python include path
> >>>build FAILED in /home/ward/gr-build/gnuradio-core
> 
> I have seen some postings about issues with Python where the following path 
> statement was recommended but this did not help my results:
> 
> export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages
> 
> Recommendations?
> 
> Thanks

Hi Edward,

I've never messed around with Knoppix (or Debian for that matter), but
it may be that you don't have the python development package
installed. 

Eric