Can't install Trac1.0beta1 for PostgreSQL using directions in INSTALL

[chris.nelson.1022@…]

The directions say

To install Trac, the following software packages must be installed:

 * Python, version >= 2.5.
 * setuptools, version >= 0.6, or the "distribute" package
 * Genshi, version >= 0.6
 * Optionally, Subversion, version >= 1.1.x and the Subversion SWIG
   Python bindings (not PySVN, that's something different).
 * One of the following Python bindings, depending on the database used:
    * pysqlite version 2.x for SQLite 3.x
    * psycopg2 version 2.0.x for the PostgreSQL database
    * MySQLdb, version 1.2.2 for the MySQL database

But trying to install psycopg2 I get:

sudo easy_install psycopg2
Searching for psycopg2
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/psycopg2/
Reading http://initd.org/psycopg/
Reading http://initd.org/projects/psycopg2
Best match: psycopg2 2.4.5
Downloading http://initd.org/psycopg/tarballs/PSYCOPG-2-4/psycopg2-2.4.5.tar.gz
Processing psycopg2-2.4.5.tar.gz
Running psycopg2-2.4.5/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-a6sVjo/psycopg2-2.4.5/egg-dist-tmp-m4Htyj
Error: You need to install postgresql-server-dev-X.Y for building a server-side extension or libpq-dev for building a client-side application.

so I did:

sudo apt-get install libpq-dev

which succeeds then

sudo easy_install psycopg2

which says:

Searching for psycopg2
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/psycopg2/
Reading http://initd.org/psycopg/
Reading http://initd.org/projects/psycopg2
Best match: psycopg2 2.4.5
Downloading http://initd.org/psycopg/tarballs/PSYCOPG-2-4/psycopg2-2.4.5.tar.gz
Processing psycopg2-2.4.5.tar.gz
Running psycopg2-2.4.5/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-9uV_mM/psycopg2-2.4.5/egg-dist-tmp-xxctMv
no previously-included directories found matching 'doc/src/_build'
In file included from psycopg/psycopgmodule.c:27:0:
./psycopg/psycopg.h:30:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

I'm on Ubuntu 11.10 with PostgreSQL 9.1.4.

[Remy Blank]

You need the development headers for Python (I think the package is called python-dev).

This is an InstallationIssue, and we're not going to list each and every Linux distribution in INSTALL. That's what this wiki is for, see TracOnUbuntu for example.

[anonymous]

Also see the Psycopg install page: ​http://www.initd.org/psycopg/install/

Your system must be able to compile a C Python extension against the libpq library: you will probably need python-dev and libpq-dev packages.

[Chris.Nelson@…]

python-dev was just what I needed. Thanks.

[Ryan J Ollos]

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