Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of CompileError
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- 2013-04-03T12:36:31Z (11 years ago)
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v9 v10 5 5 Sometimes running {{{python setup.py build}}} results in an error message about a compile failure. This page will tell you how to get past that problem. 6 6 7 A typical error message when building is:7 A typical error message when building on Windows is: 8 8 9 9 {{{ … … 11 11 }}} 12 12 13 That's on Windows.On Linux a typical error message is:13 On Linux a typical error message is: 14 14 15 15 {{{ 16 16 error: Python.h: No such file or directory 17 17 }}} 18 19 On Mac OS X a typical error message is: 20 21 {{{ 22 unable to execute clang: No such file or directory 23 }}} 24 25 === in brief === 26 27 The short version, for people who don't want to read this whole page is: write to the tahoe-dev mailing list and ask if some volunteer will kindly build a binary package of the necessary library for your operating system and your version of Python. In your request, include: 1. the entire output from your attempt to build (which will include an error message like one of those above), 2. what operating system you are using, 3. what version of Python you are using ({{{python -V}}}), 4. some nice words like "please" and "thank you". 18 28 19 29 === Why This Happens ===