[cx-oracle-users] Missing Headers?

[Juan G. <ju...@di...>]

I am attempting to install cx_Oracle-5.1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 with python 2.7.3 


I am getting the following build error: 



root@ubu1:/usr/local/src/cx_Oracle-5.1.2# python setup.py build 
running build 
running build_ext 
building 'cx_Oracle' extension 
creating build 
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7-11g 
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/src/instantclient_11_2/sdk/i2 
cx_Oracle.c:6:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory 
compilation terminated. 
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 

I searched the entire system for the missing header file to no avail. 


I also noticed that the include path /usr/local/src/instantclient_11_2/sdk/i2 does not exist. There is, however, an sdk/include directory with some header files included in cx_Oracle.c such as oci.h, orid.h, xa.h. But Python.h and structmember.h are missing. 


Any suggestions? 


Juan