Error when install pylibmc using pip

Question

Hello when I attempt to install pylibmc on OSX Lion using pip I get the following error:

./_pylibmcmodule.h:42:10: fatal error: 'libmemcached/memcached.h' file not found

#include <libmemcached/memcached.h>

         ^

1 error generated.

error: command 'clang' failed with exit status 1

Any clues at how to solve this issue?

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

It's in the libmemcached package. To install it using macports:

sudo port install libmemcached

Then, assuming you're using pip:

pip install pylibmc --install-option="--with-libmemcached=/opt/local"

or

LIBMEMCACHED=/opt/local pip install pylibmc