On 27 Jul., 21:27, Wolfgang Rohdewald <wolfg...@rohdewald.de> wrote: > how do I compile _regex.c on Linux?
This simple setup.py file should do the trick: from distutils.core import setup, Extension setup(name='regex', version='1.0', py_modules = ['regex'], ext_modules=[Extension('_regex', ['_regex.c'])], ) Also, you need to copy "unicodedata_db.h" from the "Modules" directory of the Python source tree to your working directory, since this file apparently is not installed into the include directory of a Python installation. I get an error for Python 2.5 on Mac OS X 10.4 and Linux though. Seems that the module is not compatible with Python 2.5. _regex.c: In function 'getstring': _regex.c:2425: error: invalid type argument of '->' _regex.c: In function 'getstring': _regex.c:2425: error: invalid type argument of '->' lipo: can't figure out the architecture type of: /var/tmp// ccT3oDXD.out error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 resp. on Linux: _regex.c: In function 'getstring': _regex.c:2425: warning: implicit declaration of function 'Py_TYPE' _regex.c:2425: error: invalid type argument of '->' _regex.c: In function 'get_match_replacement': _regex.c:2900: warning: implicit declaration of function 'PyLong_AsSsize_t' error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 With the official Python 2.6 distribution for Mac OS X it works. Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list