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[anseljh@…]

All I want is to easy_install pysyck... :(

Here's what happens on my Mac (OS X 10.4.8; Python 2.4.4):

$ sudo easy_install pysyck
Password:
Searching for pysyck
Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/pysyck/
Couldn't find index page for 'pysyck' (maybe misspelled?)
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/
Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/PySyck/0.61.2
Reading http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PySyck
Best match: PySyck 0.61.2
Downloading http://pyyaml.org/download/pysyck/PySyck-0.61.2.zip
Processing PySyck-0.61.2.zip
Running PySyck-0.61.2/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-y67SG5/PySyck-0.61.2/egg-dist-tmp-pDzaUo
./_check_syck.c:2:18: error: syck.h: No such file or directory
./_check_syck.c:2:18: error: syck.h: No such file or directory
./_check_syck.c: In function 'main':
./_check_syck.c:7: error: 'SYCK_VERSION' undeclared (first use in this function)
./_check_syck.c:7: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
./_check_syck.c:7: error: for each function it appears in.)
./_check_syck.c: In function 'main':
./_check_syck.c:7: error: 'SYCK_VERSION' undeclared (first use in this function)
./_check_syck.c:7: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
./_check_syck.c:7: error: for each function it appears in.)
lipo: can't figure out the architecture type of: /var/tmp//ccX0yyzM.out
error: Setup script exited with error: syck.h is not found, try to uncomment the include_dirs parameter in setup.cfg

...and on my Fedora Core 6 box (also Python 2.4.4):

$ sudo easy_install pysyck
Password:
Searching for pysyck
Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/pysyck/
Couldn't find index page for 'pysyck' (maybe misspelled?)
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/
Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/PySyck/0.61.2
Reading http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PySyck
Best match: PySyck 0.61.2
Downloading http://pyyaml.org/download/pysyck/PySyck-0.61.2.zip
Processing PySyck-0.61.2.zip
Running PySyck-0.61.2/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-waHbzc/PySyck-0.61.2/egg-dist-tmp-ltTkBA
./_check_syck.c:2:18: error: syck.h: No such file or directory
./_check_syck.c: In function ‘main’:
./_check_syck.c:5: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘syck_free_parser’
./_check_syck.c:5: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘syck_new_parser’
./_check_syck.c:6: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘syck_free_emitter’
./_check_syck.c:6: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘syck_new_emitter’
./_check_syck.c:7: error: ‘SYCK_VERSION’ undeclared (first use in this function)
./_check_syck.c:7: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
./_check_syck.c:7: error: for each function it appears in.)
error: Setup script exited with error: syck.h is not found, try to uncomment the include_dirs parameter in setup.cfg

Help?

[xi]

Do you have 'syck' installed? What is the path to 'syck.h'?

[anseljh@…]

I do have syck... on my Mac it's at /usr/local/include/syck.h. I can't find the file on the Linux box, but it too has Syck (it's Fedora Core 6, and I did a successful 'sudo yum install syck').

Thanks.

[xi]

I'd suggest you to create a file named .pydistutils.cfg in your home directory and add the following lines to it:

[build_ext]
include_dirs=/usr/local/include
library_dirs=/usr/local/lib

[anseljh@…]

That worked. Thanks! However, is there something that can be done so this wouldn't happen in the first place?