[PyKDE] Newbie trouble building SIP and PyQt

[Phil Thompson]

Jeff Layton wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>    Newbie here. I'm trying to install sip-3.1 and PyQt-3.1 on a RH
> 7.2 system. I built python-2.2.1 and installed in in /usr/local/python-2.2.1
> (a little atypical, but not too bad). I put sip-3.1 in /usr/local/src/sip-3.1.
> I'm running configure as,
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/sip-3.1 \
>             --enable-qt \
>             --with-qt-dir=/usr/local/qt \
>             --with-qt-mocdir=/usr/local/qt/bin \
>             --with-qt-includes=/usr/local/qt/includes \
>             --with-qt-libraries=/usr/local/qt/lib \
>             --with-python=/usr/local/python-2.2.1/bin \
>             --with-python-modules=/usr/local/python-2.2.1/lib/python2.2/site-packages  \
>             --with-python-include=/usr/local/python-2.2.1/include
> 
> and I'm getting the following errors:
> 
> (stuff snipped)
> checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
> checking for -fno-exceptions... yes
> ./configure: /usr/local/python-2.2.1/bin: is a directory
> ./configure: /usr/local/python-2.2.1/bin: is a directory
> checking Python version...
> checking where the Python sip module will be installed... /usr/local/python-2.2.1/lib/python2.2/site-packages
> checking for Python include files... configure: error: Python.h not found
> 
> Did I install Python incorrectly? Are my configure options
> correct?

Try...

--with-python=/usr/local/python-2.2.1/bin/python

You shouldn't need the rest of the Python related options, and the only
Qt related one you should need is --with-qt-dir.

Phil