"Could not link test program to Python" error when running configure

[kmc100]

Hello,

I am following the tutorial to create an acoustic model (https://cmusphinx.github.io/wiki/tutorialam/) using the sample training database, an4. I am trying to configure sphinxbase by running the configure script using the following command.

PYTHON=python3.6 ./configure LDFLAGS="-L/lib/python3.6/"

However, I obtained the following error.

configure: error:
Could not link test program to Python. Maybe the main Python library has been
installed in some non-standard library path. If so, pass it to configure,
via the LDFLAGS environment variable.
Example: ./configure LDFLAGS="-L/usr/non-standard-path/python/lib"

I am using the 64-bit version of Cygwin on Windows 7 Professional. I used the Cygwin installer to install the Python 2.7 and 3.6.

How can I solve this error?

[kmc100]

Attached is the log file.

[Nickolay V. Shmyrev]

Cygwin is always a very bad idea. Use Linux.

[kmc100]

Thank you for your help. I am now using Linux Mint 12. I was able to run configure without error, but I obtained the following error when I ran make.

libtool: link: cannot find the library `Sphinx/tutorial/sphinxbase/src/libsphinxbase/libsphinxbase.la' or unhandled argument `Sphinx/tutorial/sphinxbase/src/libsphinxbase/libsphinxbase.la'
make[2]: *** [sphinx_pitch] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/xxxxxxxxxx/Documents/CMU Sphinx/tutorial/sphinxbase/src/sphinx_adtools'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/xxxxxxxxxx/Documents/CMU Sphinx/tutorial/sphinxbase/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

What can I do to fix this error?

[kmc100]

I figured it out. I had a space in my directory.