I received the error below when attempting to use easy_install to add the html5lib package on a server for a client. I assumed all of the necessary python packages were installed since easy_install was already available via python-setuptools-devel. After a quick investigation I noticed that the python-devel package was not installed. This can easily be installed on CentOS Linux using yum with the directions below.
Error: error: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib/python2.4/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
Yum Command To Resolve Error:
- yum install python-devel
Example Of Successful python-devel On CentOS 5.3 Linux Server:
- [root@server ~]# yum install python-devel
- Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
- Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
- * rpmforge: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de
- * atomic: www.atomicorp.com
- * base: mira.sunsite.utk.edu
- * updates: dist1.800hosting.com
- * addons: www.cyberuse.com
- * extras: pubmirrors.reflected.net
- Setting up Install Process
- Parsing package install arguments
- Resolving Dependencies
- --> Running transaction check
- ---> Package python-devel.i386 0:2.4.3-27.el5 set to be updated
- --> Finished Dependency Resolution
- Dependencies Resolved
- ====================================================================================================================================
- Package Arch Version Repository Size
- ====================================================================================================================================
- Installing:
- python-devel i386 2.4.3-27.el5 base 1.0 M
- Transaction Summary
- ====================================================================================================================================
- Install 1 Package(s)
- Update 0 Package(s)
- Remove 0 Package(s)
- Total download size: 1.0 M
- Is this ok [y/N]: y
- Downloading Packages:
- python-devel-2.4.3-27.el5.i386.rpm | 1.0 MB 00:00
- Running rpm_check_debug
- Running Transaction Test
- Finished Transaction Test
- Transaction Test Succeeded
- Running Transaction
- Installing : python-devel [1/1]
- Installed: python-devel.i386 0:2.4.3-27.el5
- Complete!
- [root@server ~]#
That is all you need to do so you can now use easy_install to add python packages to the server.
