[Zope] MySQLDA woes with 2.4.1 RH6.1

[Garry Steedman]

i think Mr. Moon meant that running setup.py requires wizard 
certifcation in python, which is fair enough, i mean imagine having 
to do something after you've untarred it all! a bloody disgrace!

only jesting...

g

On 19 Sep 2001, at 18:15, Andy Dustman wrote:

From:           	Andy Dustman <andy@dustman.net>
To:             	Richard Moon <richard@dcs.co.uk>
Copies to:      	zope@zope.org
Subject:        	Re: [Zope] MySQLDA woes with 2.4.1 RH6.1
Date sent:      	19 Sep 2001 18:15:35 -0000

> On Sep 19, Richard Moon <richard@dcs.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to use Zope to meet clients' business needs and losing
> > money working out why I'm getting the following message when running
> > setup.py (why I have to do it I don't know but after you unpack the
> > MySQLDA-python distributiion and read the README you find you have
> > to do it !) ((No I don't want to know why I have to do it )).
> 
> That's quite a plea for help.
> 
> > I'm assuming I have to have the source Zope distribution to get the
> > missing Python.h for Python 2.1 ?
> 
> No, you need to have the Python development package installed:
> python-devel or python2-devel (if you are using RPMs). It says this
> right at the top of the README you say you don't want to know why you
> have to read.
> 
> > Aaagh. Great job you guys doing all this Open Source stuff but soooo
> > frustrating that you can't use it without being a C and Python
> > wizard
> 
> What, following the instructions is too hard for you?
> 
> > It's not like its some obscure, little used feature I'm after here.
> > I remember that survey on the Zope site that said connection to
> > RDBMs was the number one interest of Zope users.
> > 
> > How many people have given up on Zope for this kind of reason -
> > thousands and thousands I would guess. Most customers don't
> > complain, they just go elsewhere !!!
> 
> And for that, I am grateful.
> 
> > Anyway its looking for Python.h
> > 
> > running build_ext
> > building '_mysql' extension
> > gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/include/mysql
> > -I/opt/Zope-2.4o _mysql.c:31: Python.h: No such file or directory
> > _mysql.c:40: structmember.h: No such file or directory error:
> > command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
> > 
> > The only Python.h I've got is in the Python 1.5.2. that comes with
> > RH6.1. I was deliberately running the Python 2.1 that comes with
> > Zope (as it tell you to), but presumably that's why I get the
> > problem ?
> 
> See above. You don't have the required development package needed to
> compile. Once you have solved that problem, you can run setup.py
> bdist_rpm to make an RPM for your platform, whatever that might be.
> 
> 
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