[egenix-users] error installing mx base on Suse 10.3

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 2007-11-18 00:44, tim wrote:
> Hi,
> I am setting up biopython on my Suse Linux 10.3 which requires
> mxtexttools. I have Python 2.5.1
> installed on my system already. After downloading mxTextTools i unzip it
> and start the install, but get the error:
> 
> invalid Python installation: unable to
> open /usr/lib/python2.5/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
> 
> Indeed when I browse to python 2.5 in /usr/lib/python2.5/ , there is no
> config folder. Python 2.5 works fine though, so what is going on here?
> 
> Any ideas anyone?

You need to install the python-devel package first.

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