[tahoe-dev] [tahoe-lafs] #701: The instructions in "Installing Tahoe" do not mention C compiler requirement.

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#701: The instructions in "Installing Tahoe" do not mention C compiler
requirement.
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 Reporter:  nejucomo       |           Owner:  somebody 
     Type:  defect         |          Status:  new      
 Priority:  minor          |       Milestone:  undecided
Component:  documentation  |         Version:  1.4.1    
 Keywords:                 |   Launchpad_bug:           
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Comment(by nejucomo):

 I misunderstood the build failure, and the solution was to install the
 python development headers.  I see that from the InstallDetails page, if I
 follow the DownloadDebianPackages link, then scroll to the section on
 building from source on debian, it mentions the python-dev package.

 Perhaps the "Installing Tahoe" page could clarify that the full python C
 development environment is required?


 Here's the relevant snippet:

 twisted/runner/portmap.c:10:20: error: Python.h: No such file or directory
 twisted/runner/portmap.c:14: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or
 ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
 twisted/runner/portmap.c:31: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or
 ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
 twisted/runner/portmap.c:45: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or
 ‘__attribute__’ before ‘PortmapMethods’
 twisted/runner/portmap.c: In function ‘initportmap’:
 twisted/runner/portmap.c:55: warning: implicit declaration of function
 ‘Py_InitModule’
 twisted/runner/portmap.c:55: error: ‘PortmapMethods’ undeclared (first use
 in this function)
 twisted/runner/portmap.c:55: error: (Each undeclared identifier is
 reported only once
 twisted/runner/portmap.c:55: error: for each function it appears in.)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "setup.py", line 346, in <module>
     zip_safe=False, # We prefer unzipped for easier access.
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 113, in setup
     _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
   File "/home/n/sandbox/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.4.1/setuptools-0.6c12dev.egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 219, in
 __init__
   File "/home/n/sandbox/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.4.1/setuptools-0.6c12dev.egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 243, in
 fetch_build_eggs
   File "/home/n/sandbox/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.4.1/setuptools-0.6c12dev.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 522, in
 resolve
   File "/home/n/sandbox/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.4.1/setuptools-0.6c12dev.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 758, in
 best_match
   File "/home/n/sandbox/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.4.1/setuptools-0.6c12dev.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 770, in
 obtain
   File "/home/n/sandbox/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.4.1/setuptools-0.6c12dev.egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 286, in
 fetch_build_egg
   File "/home/n/sandbox/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.4.1/setuptools-0.6c12dev.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
 line 452, in easy_install
   File "/home/n/sandbox/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.4.1/setuptools-0.6c12dev.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
 line 482, in install_item
   File "/home/n/sandbox/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.4.1/setuptools-0.6c12dev.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
 line 661, in install_eggs
   File "/home/n/sandbox/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.4.1/setuptools-0.6c12dev.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
 line 936, in build_and_install
   File "/home/n/sandbox/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.4.1/setuptools-0.6c12dev.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
 line 927, in run_setup
 distutils.errors.DistutilsError: Setup script exited with error: command
 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

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