Install pyCurl in ActivePython-2.6?
activepython, libcurl, pycurl, python
Solution
Following dependencies are needed for installing pycurl:
apt-cache depends python-pycurl
python-pycurl
Depends: libc6
Depends: libcurl3-gnutls
Depends: libgcrypt11
Depends: python2.7
Depends: python
Depends: python
Suggests: libcurl4-gnutls-dev
Suggests: python-pycurl-dbg
Conflicts: <python2.3-pycurl>
Conflicts: <python2.3-pycurl:i386>
Conflicts: <python2.4-pycurl>
Conflicts: <python2.4-pycurl:i386>
Replaces: <python2.3-pycurl>
Replaces: <python2.3-pycurl:i386>
Replaces: <python2.4-pycurl>
Replaces: <python2.4-pycurl:i386>
Conflicts: python-pycurl:i386
Run this command
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev librtmp-dev
Then you can install pycurl using
pip install pycurl
or
easy_install pycurl
Problem
I have worked with pyCurl in the past and have it working with my system default python install. However, I have a project that requires python to be more portable and I am using ActivePython-2.6. I have had no problems installing any other modules so far, but am getting errors installing pyCurl. The error: ``` Searching for pycurl Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pycurl/ Reading http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/ Reading http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/download/ Best match: pycurl 7.19.0 Downloading http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/download/pycurl-7.19.0.tar.gz Processing pycurl-7.19.0.tar.gz Running pycurl-7.19.0/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-tfVLW6/pycurl-7.19.0/egg-dist-tmp-p1WjAy sh: curl-config: not found Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/bin/easy_install", line 8, in <module> load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c9', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')() File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1671, in main File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1659, in with_ei_usage File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1675, in <lambda> File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup dist.run_commands() File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 975, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 211, in run File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 446, in easy_install File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 476, in install_item File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 655, in install_eggs File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 930, in build_and_install File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 919, in run_setup File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 27, in run_setup File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 63, in run File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 29, in <lambda> File "setup.py", line 90, in <module> Exception: `curl-config' not found -- please install the libcurl development files ``` My system does have libcurl installed, but ActivePython doesn't seem to find it. Any ideas will help!