[Image-SIG] installation problem for imaging 1.1.6 on ubuntu 6.06

[sittner at lkb.ens.fr]

Hello everyone and happy new year,
i am trying to install imaging 1.1.5 on my ubuntu 6.06 machine, and i get
this message:

r:/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Imaging-1.1.5$ python setup.py install
running install
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
building '_imaging' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O2 -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -IlibImaging -I/usr/include -I/usr/local/include
-I/usr/include/python2.4 -c _imaging.c -o
build/temp.linux-i686-2.4/_imaging.o
In file included from
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/limits.h:11,
                 from /usr/include/python2.4/Python.h:18,
                 from _imaging.c:74:
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/limits.h:122:61: error:
limits.h: No such file or directory
In file included from _imaging.c:74:
/usr/include/python2.4/Python.h:32:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or
directory
/usr/include/python2.4/Python.h:34:5: error: #error "Python.h requires
that stdio.h define NULL."
/usr/include/python2.4/Python.h:37:20: error: string.h: No such file or
directory
/usr/include/python2.4/Python.h:38:19: error: errno.h: No such file or
directory
.
.
.
.
/usr/include/python2.4/pyport.h:73: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’
or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Py_uintptr_t’
/usr/include/python2.4/pyport.h:74: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’
or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Py_intptr_t’
/usr/include/python2.4/pyport.h:94:76: error: math.h: No such file or
directory
/usr/include/python2.4/pyport.h:101:22: error: sys/time.h: No such file or
directory
/usr/include/python2.4/pyport.h:102:18: error: time.h: No such file or
directory
/usr/include/python2.4/pyport.h:120:24: error: sys/select.h: No such file
or directory
/usr/include/python2.4/pyport.h:159:22: error: sys/stat.h: No such file or
directory
.
.
.
.
_imaging.c: In function ‘_getcodecstatus’:
_imaging.c:2574: warning: return from incompatible pointer type
_imaging.c: In function ‘_save_ppm’:
_imaging.c:2608: warning: return from incompatible pointer type
_imaging.c:2611: warning: return from incompatible pointer type
_imaging.c: At top level:
_imaging.c:2709: error: initializer element is not constant
_imaging.c:2709: error: (near initialization for ‘methods[53].ml_name’)
_imaging.c:2709: error: initializer element is not constant
_imaging.c:2709: error: (near initialization for ‘methods[53].ml_meth’)
_imaging.c: In function ‘_getattr’:
_imaging.c:2733: warning: passing argument 3 of
‘PyCObject_FromVoidPtrAndDesc’ from incompatible pointer type
_imaging.c:2735: warning: return from incompatible pointer type
_imaging.c: At top level:
_imaging.c:2778: error: initializer element is not constant
_imaging.c:2778: error: (near initialization for ‘Imaging_Type.ob_type’)
_imaging.c:2799: error: initializer element is not constant
_imaging.c:2799: error: (near initialization for ‘ImagingFont_Type.ob_type’)
_imaging.c:2811: error: initializer element is not constant
_imaging.c:2811: error: (near initialization for ‘ImagingDraw_Type.ob_type’)
_imaging.c:2966: error: initializer element is not constant
_imaging.c:2966: error: (near initialization for ‘functions[37].ml_name’)
_imaging.c:2966: error: initializer element is not constant
_imaging.c:2966: error: (near initialization for ‘functions[37].ml_meth’)
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

what's the problem here?