[mod_python] ./configure Py_NewInterpreter error

Are you sure your have the python-dev 2.5 package installed. It is not
enough to have just the runtime package installed, you must have the
developer package installed as well.

Graham

On 31/05/07, Berwyn Hoyt <berwyn at brush.co.nz> wrote:
>
>  Howdy.
>
>  I'm having trouble building mod_python under debian python2.5 running
> ./configure.  I'm afraid my ./configure figuring-out skills aren't good
> enough to solve it.
>
>  It works fine under python2.4, but not with python2.5.  Below is the output
> from ./configure.  Thanks.
>
>  # ./configure
>  checking for gcc... gcc
>  checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
>  checking whether the C compiler works... yes
>  checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>  checking for suffix of executables...
>  checking for suffix of object files... o
>  checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
>  checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
>  checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
>  checking for ar... ar
>  checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>  checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
>  checking for main in -lm... yes
>  checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
>  checking your blood pressure... a bit high, but we can proceed
>  configure: checking whether apxs is available...
>  checking for --with-apxs... no
>  checking for apxs in /usr/local/apache/sbin... no
>  checking for apxs in your PATH... checking for apxs... no
>  checking for apxs2 in your PATH... checking for apxs2... /usr/bin/apxs2
>  found /usr/bin/apxs2, we'll use this. Use --with-apxs to specify another.
>  checking Apache version... 2.2.3
>  checking for Apache libexec directory... /usr/lib/apache2/modules
>  checking for Apache include directory... -I/usr/include/apache2
>  checking for --with-python... no
>  checking for python... /usr/bin/python
>  checking Python version... 2.5
>  checking Python install prefix... /usr
>  checking checking where python libraries are installed...
> /usr/lib/python2.5
>  checking for Py_NewInterpreter in -lpython2.5... no
>  configure: error: Can not link to python
>
>
> --
>
>
> Berwyn Hoyt, Senior Hardware Engineer: berwyn at brush.co.nz
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