python install settings...

[jtan325]

hi,

i am running Linux Ubuntu Hoary and am trying to build the Python
numarray package, v. 1.3.2 by hand since ubuntu's repos won't be
updated until breezy.

i have python 2.4, and gcc 3.3.5

after unpacking the tar, i run "python setup.py install", as it says in
the installation instructions. i get the following:

[colfax 53] numarray-1.3.2 > python setup.py install
Using EXTRA_COMPILE_ARGS = []
running install
running build
running build_py
copying Lib/numinclude.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/numarray
running build_ext
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 222, in ?
    main()
  File "setup.py", line 213, in main
    setup(**p)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/core.py", line 149, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 946, in
run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/command/install.py", line 506, in
run
    self.run_command('build')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/command/build.py", line 112, in
run
    self.run_command(cmd_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 254,
in run
    customize_compiler(self.compiler)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 174, in
customize_compiler
    cc_cmd = cc + ' ' + opt
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'NoneType' objects


I had a similiar (but different) error earlier, but then I learned I
had to set my "CC" environment variable. So I set that to "gcc". i have
tried setting my "OPT" setting to something like "-g 02" (no idea what
it means just found it somewhere, but it still didn't work.

upon closer inspection of Python's distutils sysconfig.py, is the error
being caused by the ' ' in "cc_cmd = cc + ' ' + opt"? Any ideas on this
new error? Are there packages/settings I need to take care of before i
can use Python's distutils to install stuff?

Thanks,
Jason