Re: [Opensync-users] ERROR: Unable to find engine which can handle objtype data

[Peter H. <pe...@pd...>]

On Thursday 23 Feb 05:33:53 Chris Frey wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:09:19AM +0000, Peter Hargreaves wrote:
> > Hi Chris,
> > 
> > Thanks for the reply. Yes, I'm using libopensync1exp7 from the Ubuntu
> > repositories.
> > 
> > I've been worried about the low level of activity on opensync and
> > wondering why? If the project is still alive and well I'd like to sync
> > both contacts and events/calendar with KAddressBook and KOrganizer
> > under Kontact. So if this is a realistic objective, yes please, fire
> > away - stepping me through compiling from source. Thank you.
> 
> The project is still alive, but suffering from a lack of developers with
> spare time.  I've attempted to pick up the ball, but there's a lot of ball
> to pick up. :-)
> 
> To build the latest packages that I've been maintaining, you'll need to
> uninstall the opensync packages you have, and install git.  Then:
> 
> 	git clone git://repo.or.cz/opensync/binary-meta.git
> 
> Enter that and follow the README file.  Note that repo.or.cz sometimes has
> load issues, so 'make fetch' is better than updating the submodules
> manually.
> 
> You can choose to build 0.2x debian packages, or 0.4x (which are the 0.3x
> devel trees, labeled with hope). :-)
> 
> The build will put a pile of .deb packages in the debian directory for you.
> If you just want to build everything, 'make debian-all' is the command for
> you.
> 
> After that, since you are using syncml, and I haven't picked up that ball
> yet, you'll need to grab the latest plugin, which I believe is here:
> 
> 	http://opensync.org/browser/plugins/syncml
> 
> You might want to try both 0.2x and 0.4x, and see which works best for you.
> Not all the plugins that worked for 0.2x have made the complete jump to
> 0.4x.
> 
> - Chris
Hi Chris,

All went fine till I tried:
make debian-all
when I got
...
configure: Checking to see if we can build Python bindings
checking whether /usr/bin/python2.6 version >= 2.6... yes
checking for  version... 2.6
checking for  platform... linux2
checking for  script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.6/site-packages
checking for  extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.6/site-
packages
checking for headers required to compile python extensions... not found
configure: error: Building python explicitly requested, but can't build python 
bindings
make[1]: *** [debian/configure-python2.6-stamp] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/peter/binary-meta/debian/opensync-0.2x'
make: *** [deb-os-0.2x-build] Error 2

Please advise? Thank you.
Peter.

P.S. Any ideas why the lack of interest in opensync, are there alternatives?