[plug] where to find python C headers

[William Kenworthy]

You can use rpm to take in a source tarball and build a mandrake binary
rpm from it to install.  If you fail elsewhere, you may be able to build
your own python by copying the recipe from existing python source rpm's?
Took a bit of reading, but it isnt that hard to make and build your own
custom rpms.  

Of course, since gentoo replaced my last mandrake system a couple of
years ago at least, I have only built a few redhat 7.0 rpms for a legacy
system, and even that was now well over a year ago.  At least with
gentoo such dramas are long gone (to be replaced by others, but thats a
different story ...)

You might be better off upgrading the lot lot as it sounds like you are
going to be in for a long running headache.  Go with the source Luke.

BillK

On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 04:08 -0700, WolfBite wrote:
> Part of the reason I stoped with mandrake (was ALWAYS
> chasing some rpm  (rpm hell )
> When I tried to install stuff from source, success
> rate was about 25%
> 
> Now I use gentoo (actually was using gentoo
> referncesand foums to help me with mandrake for a fair
> while)
> 
> Now I can just emerge something in (gentoo uses source
> and ebuilds) but even if there is no ebuild, I can
> dload the souce, do the basic .configure, make,make
> install and get a success rate of 99.5% :)
> 
> Still have fond memorys of mandrake and how it held my
> hand learning linux, but eventually we want more....
> 
> ps.
> 
> got a set of mandrake 10.0/4d(2sets), 9.2/3d, 9.0/2d,
> 8.2/3d, if anyone wants
> 
> --- msp <pinvest at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to build the latest pygtk. configure
> > complains that it can't
> > find the necessary python headers. This is correct,
> > as there aren't any
> > on my system. My old python2.2 system has
> > /usr/include/python2.2 from
> > the python-devel rpm, but my python 2.3.4 has none,
> > since it has no
> > python-devel installed. All seems reasonable. 
> > 
> > But where the @#$%#!! do I find the python-devel rpm
> > on Mandrake 10.1??
> > I have searched all my CDs, mirrors, google - no
> > luck. It appears that
> > it may also be called pthon-2.3.4-6mdk-devel or some
> > such but I cannot
> > find anything like it. Can't find anything on 10.2
> > either (which has
> > python 2.4).
> > 
> > I tried downloading python-2.3.4-6mdk.src.rpm but it
> > has no include
> > files either.
> > 
> > Hoping a python wizard out there may happen to know
> > 
> > thanks
> > Michael
> > 
> > 
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