It look like maybe your Python version does not have distutils.sysconfig, the preferred way of fetching Python info.

Just ./configure your Inkscape with --with-python=no

Bob

Ben Crowell wrote:

Can anyone suggest how to fix/work around this problem compiling the latest CVS version? It seems to be related to python extensions.

TIA!

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[snip] Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in ? ImportError: No module named distutils.sysconfig if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/fre etype2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -DPOTRACE="potrace" -DXTHREADS -I/usr/include/gt k-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/ usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/li b/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/usr/lib/s igc++-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/gtkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/i nclude/glibmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/gdkmm-2.4 -I/usr/ lib/gdkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/usr/include/atkmm-1.6 `p erl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts` -I`python -c "import distutils.sysconfig ; prin t distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('INCLUDEPY')"` -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wc ast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -g -O2 -MT extension/script/extension_script_libscript_a-inkscape_perl_wrap.o -MD -MP -MF "extension/script/.deps/extension_script_libscript_a-inkscape_perl_wrap. Tpo" -c -o extension/script/extension_script_libscript_a-inkscape_perl_wrap.o `t est -f 'extension/script/inkscape_perl_wrap.cpp' || echo './'`extension/script/i nkscape_perl_wrap.cpp; \ then mv -f "extension/script/.deps/extension_script_libscript_a-inkscape_perl_wr ap.Tpo" "extension/script/.deps/extension_script_libscript_a-inkscape_perl_wrap. Po"; else rm -f "extension/script/.deps/extension_script_libscript_a-inkscape_pe rl_wrap.Tpo"; exit 1; fi Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in ? ImportError: No module named distutils.sysconfig if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/fre etype2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -DPOTRACE="potrace" -DXTHREADS -I/usr/include/gt k-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/ usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/li b/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/usr/lib/s igc++-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/gtkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/i nclude/glibmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/gdkmm-2.4 -I/usr/ lib/gdkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/usr/include/atkmm-1.6 `p erl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts` -I`python -c "import distutils.sysconfig ; prin t distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('INCLUDEPY')"` -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wc ast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -g -O2 -MT extension/script/extension_script_libscript_a-InkscapePython.o -MD -MP -MF "extension/script/.deps/extension_script_libscript_a-InkscapePython.Tpo" -c -o extension/script/extension_script_libscript_a-InkscapePython.o `test -f 'exte nsion/script/InkscapePython.cpp' || echo './'`extension/script/InkscapePython.cp p; \ then mv -f "extension/script/.deps/extension_script_libscript_a-InkscapePython.T po" "extension/script/.deps/extension_script_libscript_a-InkscapePython.Po"; els e rm -f "extension/script/.deps/extension_script_libscript_a-InkscapePython.Tpo" ; exit 1; fi Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in ? ImportError: No module named distutils.sysconfig extension/script/InkscapePython.cpp:13:20: Python.h: No such file or directory extension/script/InkscapePython.cpp: In member function `virtual bool Inkscape::Extension::Script::InkscapePython::interpretScript(Glib::ustring&, Glib::ustring&, Glib::ustring&)': extension/script/InkscapePython.cpp:62: error: `Py_Initialize' undeclared (first use this function) extension/script/InkscapePython.cpp:62: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) extension/script/InkscapePython.cpp:67: error: `PyRun_SimpleString' undeclared (first use this function) make[2]: *** [extension/script/extension_script_libscript_a-InkscapePython.o] Er ror 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bcrowell/Documents/sw/inkscape/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bcrowell/Documents/sw/inkscape' make: *** [all] Error 2