Exactly same issue.. ctypes wont build .. pkg-config finds libffi, headers are located in configure and still INFO: Could not locate ffi libs and/or headers
python is getting really annoying to install .. not everyone has root privileges to install system-wide dependencies. On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 12:11:51 AM UTC+5:30, Fetchinson . wrote: > On 9/24/18, Thomas Jollans <t...@tjol.eu> wrote: > > On 2018-09-24 16:30, Fetchinson . via Python-list wrote: > >> [fetch@fetch]$ grep LIBFFI_INCLUDE Makefile > >> LIBFFI_INCLUDEDIR= /opt/custom/lib/libffi-3.2.1/include > >> > >> So I'd say everything should work but it doesn't, I reran ./configure > >> and also make of course. > > > > I'm confused. ./configure succeeds? Then where's the error? > > Yes, ./configure succeeds, also make succeeds in general, so it > produces a usable python executable but _ctypes is not compiled so > _ctypes is not usable and can not be imported, libffi is only needed > for _ctypes AFAIK. The error, or better said INFO message, comes from > make: > > INFO: Could not locate ffi libs and/or headers > > Failed to build these modules: > _ctypes > > But nevertheless make install also succeeds, the only thing is that > _ctypes does not work. > > Cheers, > Daniel > > -- > Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list