CentOS does not have a package for Mercurial. It uses Python 2.4 and may depend on that version. So I'm thinking of doing a build of Python 2.4 to get the things that Mercurial needs. John On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 08:51:24PM +0300, Geoff Shang wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010, John J. Boyer wrote: > > >I downloaded the source for Mercurial 1.6. The build gave an error > >message that it couldn't find Python.h I downloaded Python 3.1.2 That > >put Python.h on the system, but it couldn't complete itself because it > >couldn't find things to make modules like _curses and readline Mercurial > >still can't find Python.h The OS is up to date, as far as the yum > >repository goes. I really just want Mercurial, so I can use it on the > >BrailleBlaster project. I think I announced that on this list a couple > >of weeks ago. > > Hi, > > As someone else said, there really should be a mercurial package to > install. But in case there isn't: > > 1. I'd use a Python 2.x version (e.g. the latest 2.6.x version) as Python > 3 is a new beast. At least check which version is required. It'll either > be 2 or 3, but not either. > > The other things sound like you need extra libs installed, and chasing > them might be a bit of a job, hence the package suggestion. You'll also > probably need python suport for them as well. If you do decide to go this > route, you'll probably need devel packages of each relevant package. > > Geoff. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list