[libhid-discuss] Error while building libhid.

[ankita prasad]

Hi!
I disabled swig and it started working. Thanks!

But why was it erroring in the first place considering I have python and its
development packages?

Thanks!
Ankita

On 9/10/07, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> wrote:
>
>
> 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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