Re: Problem building python bindings for libgpod

Hi Tim,

Tim Teatro wrote:
> Thanks in advance. I hope I'm not just doing something silly (or missing the
> obvious). I'm on an up-to-date Ubuntu, x64 with no frills.
>
> Despite having met the following dependencies:
>  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> * Packages required to build python bindings
>
> On Debian the following packages are required:
>
> python (e.g. python2.4)
> python-dev (e.g. python2.4-dev)
> python-mutagen
>
> These are needed for full photo/thumbnail support:
> python-gtk2-dev (and python-gobject-dev, if using python-gtk2-dev >= 2.10)
>  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I cannot get libgpod's configure script (0.8.0, fresh from Sourceforge) to
> let it get built. There is no apparent reason, it just says in the summary
> at the end 'no'.

It looks like you're building against python 2.6 rather than 2.4,
FWIW.  That should work too though.

> checking for python... /usr/bin/python
> checking whether /usr/bin/python version >= 2.1.1... yes
> checking for /usr/bin/python version... 2.6
> checking for /usr/bin/python platform... linux2
> checking for /usr/bin/python script directory...
> ${prefix}/lib/python2.6/dist-packages
> checking for /usr/bin/python extension module directory...
> ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.6/dist-packages
> checking for python development headers... found
> checking for python module mutagen >= 1.8... yes
> checking for swig... no

You are missing swig.  The libgpod python bindings require swig.  The
documentation could probably be clearer on that point.  Install the
swig package and you should be good.

Generally, I tell folks to use apt-get builddep (or similar, I never
remember if it's builddep or build-dep) to install the needed
requirements, since they should be mostly correct.

Also, the config.log may shed more light on things, now that you know
to look for an error finding swig.

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