[libhid-discuss] Error while building libhid.

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Hey,

If you don't need python support, I think there is a ./configure flag  
to turn that off.  Then it should build without that error.

Run ./configure --help and check the flags.

.hc

On Sep 10, 2007, at 2:38 PM, ankita prasad wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am running red hat enterprise linux 5 and want to compile teh libhid
> libraries on my machine.
>
> I downloaded the tar ball from http://alioth.debian.org/frs/? 
> group_id=30451 .
> When i run ./configure my configure fails with the following  error
>
> configure:22913: result: no
> configure:22927: error:
>   Could not link test program to Python. Maybe the main Python  
> library has
> been
>   installed in some non-standard library path. If so, pass it to  
> configure,
>   via the LDFLAGS environment variable.
>   Example: ./configure LDFLAGS="-L/usr/non-standard-path/python/lib"
>
> ====================================================================== 
> ======
>    ERROR!
>    You probably have to install the development version of the Python
> package
>    for your distribution.  The exact name of this package varies  
> among them.
>  I have python and it development libraries installed at their usual
> (/usr/lib/python2.4) location.
>
> I am attaching my config.log to the this email. Could anyone look  
> at it and
> tell me what is it that I am missing.
>
> Thanks!
> Ankita
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