Python eggs and openSuse 10.2 errors

[Robert Kern]

Turd Flop Down M'leg wrote:
> Heyas
> 
> So I got all hooked on python eggs at pycon, but then I got all hooked
> on openSuse 10.2 (with the xgl cube and the beryl fanciness, and some
> other misc debris).  Unfortunately, it doesnt appear that openSuse
> 10.2, which is using python 2.5, wants to play nicely with python
> eggs.  When I try to run `sudo python ez_setup.py`, I simply get an
> error:
>    Downloading http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/2.5/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c5-py2.5.egg
>    error: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib/
> python2.5/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
> 
> The /usr/lib/python2.5/config directory didnt exist, so I tried
> creating it but with no change in results.

You need to install the development package for python. It should be called
python2.5-devel or something similar.

-- 
Robert Kern

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 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
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