Re: [Hamlib-developer] Building Python bindings

[George B. <geo...@gm...>]

It's looking for python, you probably only have python3. You need to add
PYTHON_VERSION=3 to the command.

On Tue, Apr 8, 2025, 1:32 AM Phil <phi...@gm...> wrote:

>
> On 7/4/25 17:29, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>
> Hi Phil.
>
> I presume you're on Linux, which distribution?
>
> Xubuntu 24.10
>
> Thank you Nate for taking the time to answer.
>
> Running configure this time the result is : (previously I ran "env
> PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 ./configure --with-python-binding" which did find
> python)
>
> /phil@phil-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-Gen-11:~/Downloads/Hamlib$ ./configure --with-python-binding
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
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> checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) is GNU ld... yes
> checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
> checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
> checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
> checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes
> checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
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> checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... (cached) GNU/Linux ld.so
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> checking whether to use readline in rigctl/rotctl... yes
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> configure: WARNING: readline support not found, using internal input handling.
> checking whether to use INDI in rigctl/rotctl... checking whether to build HTML rig feature matrix... check
> checking for gd.h... no
> checking whether to build rigmem XML support... no
> checking whether to build USRP backend... no
> checking whether to build C++ binding... yes
> checking whether to build perl binding... no
> checking whether to build python binding... yes
> checking for python... no
> configure: error: Cannot find python in your system path
>
> This all looks good, except for python not found.
>
> I have the latest hamlib from github, I wonder if that differs from the
> version that you have?
>
> git clone https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib.git
>
> --
> Regards,
> Phil
>
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