[issue13956] add a note regarding building on recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu

Changes by Éric Araujo : -- resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed superseder: -> devguide doesn’t list all build dependencies ___ Python tracker ___

[issue13956] add a note regarding building on recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu

Tshepang Lekhonkhobe added the comment: @Barry, it does work on Debian as well @Eric, I agree with closing it as a dupe -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue13956] add a note regarding building on recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu

Éric Araujo added the comment: Then I propose to close this as duplicate of #13472. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list ma

[issue13956] add a note regarding building on recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu

Barry A. Warsaw added the comment: On Feb 08, 2012, at 03:51 PM, Éric Araujo wrote: >The correct way to get build dependencies on Debian and derivatives is to use >“aptitude build-dep pythonX.Y” (see #13472). I think dpkg-dev would get >installed as a dependency; Tshepang, could you uninstall

[issue13956] add a note regarding building on recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu

Éric Araujo added the comment: The correct way to get build dependencies on Debian and derivatives is to use “aptitude build-dep pythonX.Y” (see #13472). I think dpkg-dev would get installed as a dependency; Tshepang, could you uninstall dpkg-dev and test the aptitude command? -- no

[issue13956] add a note regarding building on recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: > >Or, rather, setup.py should be smart enough to warn about that. > > It shouldn't just be limited to Debian and its derivatives. Other platforms > (even Linux OSes) will probably have similar issues. The issue (having to install dpkg-dev) is specifically ab

[issue13956] add a note regarding building on recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu

Barry A. Warsaw added the comment: On Feb 08, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >Or, rather, setup.py should be smart enough to warn about that. It shouldn't just be limited to Debian and its derivatives. Other platforms (even Linux OSes) will probably have similar issues. --

[issue13956] add a note regarding building on recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Or, rather, setup.py should be smart enough to warn about that. -- nosy: +barry, pitrou ___ Python tracker ___

[issue13956] add a note regarding building on recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu

New submission from Tshepang Lekhonkhobe : I was puzzled why the various parts, like readline and ssl, failed to be built into my Python. It was after seeing #11715 that I realized I needed to install dpkg-dev, whose binary, dpkg-architecture, helps detect the locations of those libraries ().