configure error for --- gobject ---- python header not found

python gtk gobject
Allan picture Allan · Mar 4, 2013 · Viewed 14.8k times · Source

Python header files are not found when configuring gobject-introspection.

I have downloaded tar for :----- 

gobject-introspection-1.34.2

command :-----

gobject-introspection-1.34.2$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH ./configure --disable-static

Error :----

checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
checking for python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
checking for headers required to compile python extensions... not found
  configure: error: Python headers not found

How can i resolve this error, please suggest ?

Answer

Zaur Nasibov picture Zaur Nasibov · Mar 4, 2013

The compiler is looking for Python header files. On a Linux distro this is usually solved via installing python-dev or a similar package. Under the hood, you should be able to specify the include directory via gcc's -I option.

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