Hi, I also suffer from this problem. If possible I would like to see this issue solved.
As a temporary work-around, the following procedure worked for me. - install python-dev and libhdf5-serial-dev (See one of the above mails) - download pytables 2.1.1, untar (for instance in ~/tmp) and compile as explained in the pytables manual (but do not install as root, which is the last step in the manual) - check the tests - copy the directory ~/tmp/tables-2.1.1/tables to a library directory included in PYTHONPATH. (To achieve this, I included in ~/.bash_profile the line: export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:~/myprogs/python/:~/lib/python/:. ) Thus, I used cp -r ~/tmp/tables-2.1.1/tables ~/lib/python . Hope this works for you too. I also installed pytables as root by running python --setup.py instal, but this did not have the desired result for some reason. -- [jaunty] PyTables does not work for Python 2.6 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/348983 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs