[Grok-dev] Issue when using grokproject on Debian Lenny

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> I get lots of errors whenever I try to start a grok project. I've installed
> via setuptools, (zope3 was already installed as a debian package"
>
> Here's the output from my terminal session:
> "
> ffm at Vector-Xen4:~/grok$ grokproject clueup
> Enter user (Name of an initial administrator user): ffm
> Enter passwd (Password for the initial administrator user): *BLANK"D*
> Enter eggs_dir (Location where zc.buildout will look for and place
> packages) ['/home/ffm/buildout-eggs']:
> Creating directory ./clueup
> Downloading zc.buildout...
> Invoking zc.buildout...
> zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
> zc.zope3recipes.debugzope: module references __file__
> Download error: unknown url type: svn -- Some packages may not be found!
> zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
> src/zope/interface/_zope_interface_coptimizations.c:15:20: error: Python.h:
> No such file or directory
>
> ... more errors here ...
>
> An error occured when trying to install zope.interface 3.4.0.Look above
> this message for any errors thatwere output by easy_install.
> An error occured when trying to install zope.interface 3.4.0.Look above
> this message for any errors thatwere output by easy_install.
> While:
>   Installing.
>   Getting section i18n.
>   Initializing section i18n.
>   Installing recipe lovely.recipe.
>   Getting distribution for 'zope.interface==3.4.0'.
> Error: Couldn't install: zope.interface 3.4.0
> ffm at Vector-Xen4:~/grok$
> "
>
> Any idea what could have caused all these errors?

The problem is that you are missing the python header files, simply install 
the python-dev debian package and you are set:
# apt-get install python-dev

Hope this helps

GAM