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

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

On Wednesday 29 Feb 09:20:02 Chris Frey wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 05:19:45PM +0000, Peter Hargreaves wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Sorry for the delay.
> 
> Strange.  I just ran a test here on oneiric and it worked.
> 
> I assume you ran the dependency script under depscripts/ ?
> I have python2.6-dev and 2.7-dev installed on my build test setup.
> 
> > P.S. Any ideas why the lack of interest in opensync, are there
> > alternatives?
> There is libsynthesis, but I'm not that familiar with it.  There are
> paid services too, like google and funambol, I think.
> 
> - Chris

Hi Chris,

Many thanks for getting back to me. I don't think I did run the dependency 
script under depscripts/ ? !

At the moment I'm having a go with SyncEvolution using the following HowTo:

http://syncevolution.org/wiki/kde-akonadi

I'll let you know if I return to Opensync. Thanks again.

Peter.