[pacman-dev] compiling pacman and python wrapper

[Jelle van der Waa]

On 22/01/12 16:33, Andrea Crotti wrote:
> I would like to create a python wrapper to access to pacman features,
> and so I started to take a look about how it works..
> 
> The first thing that I noted is that the INSTALL instructions are a bit
> confusing.
> Because it says:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
> configure, build, and install this package.  The following
> instructions are generic. Run `./configure --help` for specific
> options.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> But actually there is no "configure" until autoconf is run, but that is
> explained only later.
> So maybe just inverting the order might be fine, first talking about
> autoconf and configure.ac and after talking about configure && make.
> 
> Then I was actually trying to compile it myself but I get on configure:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: error: cannot find input file: `lib/libalpm/Makefile.in'
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> (from the git repository).
> 
> And about my original idea, is anyone interested?
> From what I've understood I think I might use SWIG using the file alpm.h
> as header and export all the symbols in a nice Python wrapper, does it
> make sense?
> 
If i understand you correctly, you want to use pacman with python so why
don't you look at PYALPM. (    Libalpm bindings for Python 3)

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Jelle van der Waa