New to programming/Python. Compiling pyGTK error

[WalmartSniperLX]

Hi. Im new to programming (learning with Python) and I just downloaded the pyGTK source and barely got to run the configure script for compiling and I ran into this error :


checking for headers required to compile python extensions... not found
configure: error: could not find Python headers


What do I do at this point?

[WalmartSniperLX]

DARN IT I guess this should have gone in the sub section for compiling :mad: Sorry

[WW]

Installing from the source will give you the latest version, but to get started quickly, you could install the package python-gtk2.

[duff]

You should already have it. Does running # python -c 'import pygtk; print pygtk._get_available_versions()' from your shell work?

[WalmartSniperLX]

It says I already have python-gtk2. Is it the same thing?

The output for:


python -c 'import pygtk; print pygtk._get_available_versions()'


Is:


{'2.0': '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0'}

[po0f]

WalmartSniperLX,

Yes, a lot of programs in Ubuntu are written using the Python/PyGTK combination. It comes installed standard. :)

[duff]

It says I already have python-gtk2. Is it the same thing?

The output for:


python -c 'import pygtk; print pygtk._get_available_versions()'


Is:


{'2.0': '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0'}

Great! Now run 'python' and type these commands:
>>> import gtk
>>> w = gtk.Window()
>>> w.set_title('Hello World!')
>>> w.connect('destroy', gtk.main_quit)
>>> w.show()
>>> gtk.main()