Smart on Debian

[linux_learner]

The smart howto provides the answer http://labix.org/smart/howto
Please see Prerequisites. .

On 1/7/07, Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera at zmsl.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm new with Smart. I just installed it from the Ubuntu repository and
> it's complaining that it doesn't have rpm libraries :P
>
> $ sudo smart install 3dchess
> error: 'rpm' python module is not available
>
> What can I do? Why does smart need an rpm module to run on a Debian
> based system? Why does the package not include the right dependencies?
>
> I also tried the tar ball but setup.py failed miserably:
>
> smart-0.50rc1$ ./setup.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./setup.py", line 47, in ?
>     config_h_vars = sysconfig.parse_config_h(open(config_h))
> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> '/usr/include/python2.4/pyconfig.h'
>
> Help?
>
> Best,
> Daniel.
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