compiling vim with python support

Question

I'm trying to compile Vim 7.2 with Python 2.5.1 support, but I'm having some trouble.

1. I run configure which seems like it is working as expected

   ./configure --with-features=huge --enable-pythoninterp --prefix=/home/username/vimpy
   

   I can see that changes to --with-features works as I expect (the final compiled version has new features), and it sets up Python correctly

   checking for python... (cached) //python/2.5/bin/python checking Python version... (cached) 2.5 checking Python is 1.4 or better... yep checking Python's install prefix... (cached) //python/2.5 checking Python's execution prefix... (cached) //python/2.5(cached) checking Python's configuration directory... (cached) //python/2.5/lib/python2.5/config/

2. Then I run make, but I don't even see it trying to compile anything Python like.

   CC="gcc -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -I/usr/X11R6/include       " srcdir=. sh ./osdef.sh
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/buffer.o buffer.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/charset.o charset.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/diff.o diff.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/digraph.o digraph.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/edit.o edit.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/eval.o eval.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/ex_cmds.o ex_cmds.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/ex_cmds2.o ex_cmds2.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/ex_docmd.o ex_docmd.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/ex_eval.o ex_eval.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/ex_getln.o ex_getln.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/fileio.o fileio.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/fold.o fold.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/getchar.o getchar.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/hardcopy.o hardcopy.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/hashtab.o hashtab.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/if_cscope.o if_cscope.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/if_xcmdsrv.o if_xcmdsrv.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/main.o main.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/mark.o mark.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/memfile.o memfile.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/memline.o memline.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/menu.o menu.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/message.o message.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/misc1.o misc1.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects/misc2.o misc2.c
   gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/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/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -g -O2  -I/usr/X11R6/include        -o objects

Answer 1

I've also had "... and link flags for Python are sane... no: PYTHON DISABLED"

On Ubuntu 10.04 you have to install 'python2.6-dev'. The flags for ./configure are:

--enable-pythoninterp

--with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python2.6/config

Make sure you got a path to directory, which contains 'config.c' file. Also no '/' at the end of the path! That caused me problems.