X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=X51EURvCYNFikc0ee3h4IfZ1d066Xcq8TppUiQ+CnYA ziI25q6KwC0Q4voF9xt1teROsZTVZlIVGca/zBH9LRaRQzFrO/8a+VtoVlPVpHX/ GvGwV6JbcKlEYbXh+xG9dWNdjXZoT7kzDBLS4YkBWI+y/kJtOkuL+PfwQFmFBU2Y = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=5g8zivh/ZaNDUWC2e3/LkigEJUg=; b=F6bJfFXstUU7zTkdw +nCM5turIreOXWCDSfJMbweoRmLI3yXTmF85V5uAkv3uRzphxvuZnMQF2g3noEbn 7JCYbULo59gHR2xDWsU487o/3k34BV0nitGQR+lB3me1agQKT4PQbYbI5RK2Y3e7 hvX2KFc9Qs5o2au4kSrXV+v5sU= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_FROM_URIBL_PCCC,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-wg0-f49.google.com X-Received: by 10.194.172.9 with SMTP id ay9mr36228812wjc.2.1425706782118; Fri, 06 Mar 2015 21:39:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54FA8F17.6020709@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 06:39:35 +0100 From: Marco Atzeri User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: python3.2 can't find pyconfig.h file, dies References: <54FA7923 DOT 3080601 AT gmail DOT com> In-Reply-To: <54FA7923.3080601@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes On 3/7/2015 5:05 AM, Edgar Gaines wrote: > I'm running Cygwin64 on a Windows 8.1 laptop. Whenever I attempt to run > either the 'python3' or the 'python3.2' command in a cygwin terminal > window, I get the error message you see at the end of this email. The > important part is the last line, to wit: > > IOError: invalid Python installation: unable to open > /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/include/python3.2m/pyconfig.h (No such file or > directory) > > Note that there is no pyconfig.h in /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/include/, > because there's no /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/include/ directory: > > $ ls /cygdrive/c/cygwin/include > /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/bin/ls: cannot access > /cygdrive/c/cygwin/include: No such file or directory > > But there IS* a /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/usr/include directory, and it > contains the file pyconfig.h in its tree. > > $ ls /cygdrive/cygwin64/usr/include/python3.2m/pyconfig.h > /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/usr/include/python3.2m/pyconfig.h > > So where is the default search path for the pyconfig.h file set? Are we > talking about the ${prefix} and ${exec_prefix} variables the man page > refers to? > > Just in case someone asks, here's my Cygwin path: > > echo $PATH > > /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/bin:/cygdrive/c/cygwin64/usr/local/bin:/cygdrive/c/usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/Cygwin64/home/Edgar/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program > Files (x86)/ISC BIND 9/bin:/cygdrive/c/Windows:/cygdrive/c/Windows/system32 > > Thanks in advance for your help. why not /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/home/Edgar/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/ISC BIND 9/bin:/cygdrive/c/Windows:/cygdrive/c/Windows/system32 ? I see anyway a /cygdrive/c/usr/bin without cygwin64. The error could be caused by having a /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/bin = /bin before /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/usr/bin = /usr/bin If phython is looking for a relative directory to /usr/bin See /etc/profile for the default PATH setting. Regards Marco -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple