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Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2022 17:27:14 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
To:	"Richard Rasker (rasker AT linetec DOT nl) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Installing geda, pcb from scratch
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On Mon, 20 Jun 2022, Richard Rasker (rasker AT linetec DOT nl) [via 
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> OK, I downloaded and extracted this one. However, ./configure fails on
> python:
>
>       checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2.7... python2
>       checking for python2... /usr/bin/python2
>       checking for python2 version... 2.7
>       checking for python2 platform... linux2
>       checking for python2 script directory...
>       ${prefix}/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
>       checking for python2 extension module directory...
>       ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
>       checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
>       checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
>       checking for PYTHON... no
>       checking for PYTHON... no
>       configure: error: Package requirements (python2 >= 2.7) were not
>       met:
>
>       No package 'python2' found
>
>       Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if
>       you
>       installed software in a non-standard prefix.
>
>       Alternatively, you may set the environment variables
>       PYTHON_CFLAGS
>       and PYTHON_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
>       See the pkg-config man page for more details.
>       configure: error: ./configure failed for xorn
> 
> This is weird. First it finds python 2.7 just fine, but then it says it
> isn't there?

The Python interpreter is installed but not the development headers (this 
would be "python2-dev").


> And oh, could you provide a link to the sources of a stable version of PCB
> as well?

According to the gEDA download website

     http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:download

the sources for PCB 4.3.0 can be found at

     https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcb/files/pcb/pcb-4.3.0/


Roland

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