This python extension contains a simple binding to the GNU Recode library. This module requires GNU Recode and its development headers.
Run the following command:
python setup.py build
For additional options:
python setup.py build --help
python setup.py install
For additional options:
python setup.py install --help
Here are listed some common problems while building the python-recode module.
To build, run:
python setup.py build_ext -I /path/to/recode/include -L /path/to/recode/lib
The installation fails with one of the following errors: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"the recode module is broken."
This means that you are using an inadequate version of GNU Recode. You need to use either Recode 3.5, or Recode 3.6 with some extra patches. The stock version of Recode 3.6 from any GNU mirror DOES NOT WORK.
"the recode library is probably broken."
This means that GNU Recode has been compiled with a buggy version of gcc (gcc-3.3.2 seems to trigger this problem). You can recompile recode with the following option for configure:
CFLAGS=-g ./configure --prefix=...
Frédéric Gobry, the original author of python-bibtex, which included an internal module with a simple binding to GNU Recode.