[egenix-users] mxODBC for python on Debian Sarge

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Ingo Maurer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> how can I install mxODBC on a Debian Sarge system for use with python2.4?
> 
> First I downloaded the rpm-files (mx-base and mx-commercial) from
> egenix.com and
> converted them to deb-files with the debian "alien" software.Then I
> installed both with
> debian's dpkg --install.
> 
> But afterwards when I say in a python-script:
> 
>    import mx.ODBC.iODBC
> 
> the import statements in the *.py files don't fit. For example often
> mxODBC ist referenced, but only mx.ODBC (with a dot) works.
> 
> I uninstalled both mx-packages and I tried to build from source, which I
> also downloaded from egenix.com, but the following happens:
> 
> $ python2.4 setup.py
> install                                                          
> running installerror: invalid Python installation: unable to open
> /usr/lib/python2.4/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
> 
> I have no clue what to do.

You need to install the Python -devel package (or whatever
development packages are called on Debian).

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

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