Missing /usr/lib/python2.3/config

[Fredrik Lundh]

Tin Gherdanarra wrote:

> when trying to run the script ez_setup.py, I fail
> with
>
>      unable to open /usr/lib/python2.3/config/Makefile
>
> This is true. There is no /usr/lib/python2.3/config
> directory. A check on groups.google revealed that
> this is a bug in my debian distro or something. Is
> this true?

to build Python extensions, you need the developer extensions:

    http://packages.debian.org/stable/python/python-dev

> Is there a work-around? I can't reinstall debian because it is
> not my server.

have you looked for prebuilt versions of whatever package it is you're
trying to install?

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