Gerhard Häring wrote: > Tin Gherdanarra wrote: > >> Hallo, >> >> I'm trying to install pypgsql. However, I get syntax errors >> while compiling the C sources. The following excerpt >> from pgconnection.h looks a little funny to me: >> >> typedef struct { >> PyObject_HEAD /* Here is the syntax error, and rightly so */ >> [...] >> I don't know what PyObject_HEAD or PGconn is, >> but if they are types, a syntax error is justified here: [...] > > > I don't think that's the real error.
Well, I don't know what's going on in that struct def, but to me it looks a little weird. > Are there any error messages > *before* that? Nope. First error. > Like the compiler can't find "Python.h" or something? > That would be an indication that you do not have the python-devel > package installed. This provokes different errors. Your idea is good, though, because this was the first problem another correspondent pointed out. > > Btw. the Debian package of pyPgSQL is called python-pgsql, so an apt-get > install python-pgsql should do. Thanks, this I have found out already (see previous post). It is in the fine print of the documentation. Thanks Tin > > -- Gerhard > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list