Installation problem

[krishnasangeeth]

when i try python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local

i get the following error

copying src/ev.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/uinput
running build_ext
building '_libsuinput' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c libsuinput/src/suinput.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/libsuinput/src/suinput.o
libsuinput/src/suinput.c:27:21: fatal error: libudev.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

[a (tuomasjjrasanen)]

Hi and thanks for your interest towards python-uinput.

The problem you described is due to unmet dependency on libudev development files (libudev.h namely). This dependency is documented in README of source distribution package. In many systems, a package called libudev-dev provides all necessary files.

However, if you are using Debian or Ubuntu, I suggest you to install python-uinput from the package archive I'm hosting at Launchpad. See http://tjjr.fi/sw/python-uinput/ for installation instructions in this case. But if you want to build python-uinput from the source, you must first install libudev-dev.