Unable to install bzr 0.6 from tarball

[Martin Pool]

On 01/11/05, Kevin Smith <yarcs at qualitycode.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I suddenly have a need for version control on a new project, so I
> thought I would go ahead and install bzr. I'm using ubuntu hoary, so I
> figured the safest route would be to download the 0.6 tarball and
> install it. Unfortunately, the install failed, and I don't recall seeing
> anything like this on the list already.
>
> First, I would like to see the README file mention that installation
> instructions can be found in the INSTALL file. I suppose it's
> "obvious"...except when it's not, for whatever reason.

Done

> Anyway, it doesn't work. Here's the failure:
>
> kevins at misty:/download/bzr-0.6$ sudo python setup.py install
> Password:
> running install
> error: invalid Python installation: unable to
> open /usr/lib/python2.4/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)

Thanks for the report; I hadn't heard of this before.

The immediate fix is to install python2.4-dev.  I'm not sure why
distutils would want to read that file, or if it can be avoided.
--
Martin