tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25

consider adding "install the python-dev package" step to quickstart #2328

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opened 2014-10-29 01:13:11 +00:00 by daira · 5 comments

daira commented

2014-10-29 01:13:11 +00:00

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When building Tahoe-LAFS on Unix-like platforms without the python-dev package installed, the error is typically:

fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory

I know zooko wants to minimize the complexity of the quickstart instructions, but since this error can be fixed in many cases by running "sudo apt-get install python-dev" (or equivalent for other package managers), we might consider mentioning that in quickstart.

When building Tahoe-LAFS on Unix-like platforms without the python-dev package installed, the error is typically: ``` fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory ``` I know zooko wants to minimize the complexity of the quickstart instructions, but since this error can be fixed in many cases by running "sudo apt-get install python-dev" (or equivalent for other package managers), we might consider mentioning that in quickstart.

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tahoe-lafs modified the milestone from undecided to 1.11.0

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tahoe-lafs modified the milestone from 1.11.0 to 1.10.2

2015-07-17 21:40:22 +00:00

warner commented

2015-07-21 16:06:03 +00:00

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note this might be "python-devel" on redhat-derived systems (including Fedora)

zooko commented

2015-07-21 17:13:30 +00:00

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My objection to this is that it is platform-specific, i.e. it will make Windows users think that the quickstart doesn't apply to them. On the other hand, people keep telling me that the whole idea of a platform-portable quickstart is impossible and/or not needed, so maybe instead of adding "python-dev" to the quickstart we should rm the quickstart and redirect all links that used to go to the quickstart to https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Installation ?

My objection to this is that it is platform-specific, i.e. it will make Windows users think that the quickstart doesn't apply to them. On the other hand, people keep telling me that the whole idea of a platform-portable quickstart is impossible and/or not needed, so maybe instead of adding "python-dev" to the quickstart we should rm the quickstart and redirect all links that used to go to the quickstart to <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Installation> ?

daira commented

2015-07-21 19:35:46 +00:00

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Removing quickstart would be out-of-scope for 1.10.2. Adding a note about python-dev or python-devel would not be. I think that an explicit "This is not needed on Windows." would be sufficient to avoid the impression that quickstart doesn't apply to Windows users.

zooko commented

2015-07-21 19:37:38 +00:00

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Bleh, I give it -0. Also remember that python-dev/python-devel is not needed if the C-containing deps are already installed or if binary eggs of them are available.

(-0 means go ahead, and just endure my angry stares stabbing into your back as you do it.)

Bleh, I give it -0. Also remember that `python-dev`/`python-devel` is not needed if the C-containing deps are already installed or if binary eggs of them are available. (-0 means go ahead, and just endure my angry stares stabbing into your back as you do it.)

Brian Warner <warner@lothar.com> commented

2015-07-29 00:49:45 +00:00

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In /tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25/commit/4bb12887f4952a20e1373f75c85de6dd5fd79e87:

quickstart: Mention python-dev package for Python.h

Closes ticket:2328.

In [/tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25/commit/4bb12887f4952a20e1373f75c85de6dd5fd79e87](/tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25/commit/4bb12887f4952a20e1373f75c85de6dd5fd79e87): ``` quickstart: Mention python-dev package for Python.h Closes ticket:2328. ```

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Brian Warner <warner@lothar.com> closed this issue

2015-07-29 00:49:45 +00:00