From 4bb12887f4952a20e1373f75c85de6dd5fd79e87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Warner Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 21:21:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] quickstart: Mention python-dev package for Python.h Closes ticket:2328. --- docs/quickstart.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/quickstart.rst b/docs/quickstart.rst index 4616b1eb..28061435 100644 --- a/docs/quickstart.rst +++ b/docs/quickstart.rst @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ On Windows, the ``build`` step might tell you to open a new Command Prompt (or, on XP and earlier, to log out and back in again). This is needed the first time you set up Tahoe-LAFS on a particular installation of Windows. +If you see an error like ``fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory`` +while compiling the dependencies, you need the Python development headers. If +you are on a Debian or Ubuntu system, you can install them with ``sudo +apt-get install python-dev``. On RedHat/Fedora, install ``python-devel``. + Run "``bin/tahoe --version``" (on Windows, "``bin\tahoe --version``") to verify that the executable tool prints out the right version number after "``allmydata-tahoe:``". -- 2.37.2