Building Mercurial 1.3.1 on Ubuntu Linux

Question

I am trying to build mercury 1.3.1. I have tried to do this so far on my Mac OS X machine and on the Linux Ubuntu Linux virtual machine that I am running.

I keep getting errors when running make. I know that there are binaries available for both Linux and Mac, but I want to create my own copy. I always refused to build, and I want to learn how to do it.

But now I need help. Here are the results of the entire build process from my Ubuntu Linux v9.04 computer ... Error error: Python.h: No such file or directory near the end. I included all the results in case this helps someone avoid shooting.

 frank@ubuntu :~/Desktop/mercurial-1.3.1$ sudo make install [sudo] password for frank: python setup.py build running build running build_py creating build creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.6 creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/dirstate.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/bundlerepo.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/subrepo.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/httprepo.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/__version__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/changelog.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/repo.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/config.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/byterange.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/verify.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/encoding.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/keepalive.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/sshserver.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/fancyopts.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/merge.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/i18n.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/archival.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/match.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/mail.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/help.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/win32.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/posix.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/repair.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/dispatch.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/error.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/templatefilters.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/localrepo.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/sshrepo.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/node.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/templater.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/streamclone.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/context.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/strutil.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/ignore.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/hook.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/mdiff.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/ui.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/lsprofcalltree.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/transaction.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/commands.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/windows.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/revlog.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/store.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/lock.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/changegroup.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/lsprof.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/manifest.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/url.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/util.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/demandimport.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/graphmod.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/statichttprepo.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/cmdutil.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/extensions.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/filemerge.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/hg.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/filelog.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/copies.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/hbisect.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/patch.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/ancestor.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial copying mercurial/simplemerge.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial/hgweb copying mercurial/hgweb/webutil.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial/hgweb copying mercurial/hgweb/request.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial/hgweb copying mercurial/hgweb/wsgicgi.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial/hgweb copying mercurial/hgweb/protocol.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial/hgweb copying mercurial/hgweb/server.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial/hgweb copying mercurial/hgweb/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial/hgweb copying mercurial/hgweb/common.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial/hgweb copying mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial/hgweb copying mercurial/hgweb/webcommands.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial/hgweb copying mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial/hgweb creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/pager.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/purge.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/graphlog.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/win32text.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/gpg.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/hgk.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/color.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/bugzilla.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/bookmarks.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/notify.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/record.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/interhg.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/rebase.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/churn.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/keyword.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/mq.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/transplant.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/acl.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/children.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/fetch.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/extdiff.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/win32mbcs.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/share.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/parentrevspec.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/hgcia.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext copying hgext/patchbomb.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/bzr.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/convcmd.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/gnuarch.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/cvsps.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/git.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/p4.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/subversion.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/transport.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/common.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/hg.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/monotone.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/cvs.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/filemap.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert copying hgext/convert/darcs.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/convert creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/highlight copying hgext/highlight/highlight.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/highlight copying hgext/highlight/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/highlight creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/zeroconf copying hgext/zeroconf/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/zeroconf copying hgext/zeroconf/Zeroconf.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/zeroconf creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/inotify copying hgext/inotify/server.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/inotify copying hgext/inotify/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/inotify copying hgext/inotify/common.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/inotify copying hgext/inotify/client.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/inotify creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/inotify/linux copying hgext/inotify/linux/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/inotify/linux copying hgext/inotify/linux/watcher.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/hgext/inotify/linux running build_ext building 'mercurial.base85' extension creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.6 creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.6 -c mercurial/base85.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.6/mercurial/base85.o mercurial/base85.c:12:20: error: Python.h: No such file or directory mercurial/base85.c: In function 'b85prep': mercurial/base85.c:23: warning: implicit declaration of function 'memset' mercurial/base85.c:23: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'memset' mercurial/base85.c: At top level: mercurial/base85.c:28: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token mercurial/base85.c:76: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token mercurial/base85.c:141: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'methods' mercurial/base85.c:150: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'initbase85' error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 make: *** [build] Error 1 

Answer 1

Make sure the python-dev package is installed:

 apt-get install python-dev 

Answer 2

First Google Result: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=497109

Does it help?

EDIT: This is for Linux. I am sure that in OS X Python.h will be installed only if you have installed the developer tools. Did you install them?

Answer 3

I know what you want to build from source code, but for OS X (and elsewhere) you can just use Python easy_install (get it using Setuptools ):

 sudo easy_install mercurial 

since Mercurial is written in Python. This finds the latest version (1.3.1 at the time of writing) and (I don't use Macports or Fink) installs it beautifully, without any fuss:

 /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/ 

I am running Python 2.6 (on Mac OS 10.4.11), so this also applies to the Mercurial OS X installation package (only 1.2.1 dated July 25, 2009) complaining about the need to use Python 2.5.