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How to install Mercurial 1.0 on Ubuntu Hardy

Date: 2008-04-17  |   Modified: 2008-09-27  |   Tags: linux, mercurial, ubuntu   |   7 Comments

Mercurial 1.0 is out! Mercurial is a next generation "fast, lightweight source control management system" boasting conversions by notable projects NetBeans, OpenJDK, Globulation2, Xine, Mozilla, grml, and OpenSolaris.

From the release notes, version 1.0 has improvements for copying, renaming, removing, and merging. I want to use the most robust version possible, so I decided to upgrade. Ubuntu Gutsy's Mercurial version is 0.9.4, and even Hardy will only have 0.9.5. Luckily, Mercurial 1.0 is easy-installable. That makes it easy to install:


Install Mercurial 1.0
  1. If you don't already have Mercurial 0.9.4 installed, I'd suggest installing it because it will setup /etc/mercurial for using Mercurial extenstions.
    sudo apt-get install mercurial
  2. Install Python Easy Install, build tools, and Python header files.
    sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-dev build-essential
  3. Install Mercurial 1.0
    sudo easy_install -U mercurial
That was easy! Test it out by typing hg version. 
Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 1.0)

Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Matt Mackall  and others
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Upgrade to 1.0.1
Update 6/2/2008: Mercurial 1.0.1 has been released as a bugfix version. You can upgrade from 1.0 to 1.0.1 using Easy Install: 
sudo easy_install -U mercurial

Install hgk extension
If you try the hg view command, you will get a sh: hgk: not found error. To fix this, I copied the hgk executable from the contrib directory in the source package to a directory in my path:
  1. Download and unpack the Mercurial source package.
    cd /tmp
wget http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/release/mercurial-1.0.tar.gz
tar zxvf mercurial-1.0.tar.gz
  2. Copy hgk somewhere on your path. E.g.:
    cp mercurial-1.0/contrib/hgk ~/bin
Note, if you get a /usr/bin/env: wish: No such file or directory error, it means you need to install the Tk package: 
sudo apt-get install tk8.5

Other Notes
  • hbisect warning
    Per the Upgrade Notes, bisect is now a built-in command and the hbisect extension should not be used. If you get a extension 'hgext/hbisect' overrides commands: bisect warning, remove the hbisect= line from your configuration file (located at /etc/mercurial/hgrc.d/hgext.rc or ~/.hgrc).

  • Where are the files located?
    The hgext and mercurial files should be located at /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mercurial-1.0-py2.5-linux-*.egg

  • stdio.h error during easy_install
    If you got the following error while trying to run easy_install, it probably means you don't have the "build-essential" package installed. $ sudo apt-get install build-essential. 
    In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include/limits.h:11,
                 from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:18,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include/limits.h:122:61: error: limits.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:32:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:34:5: error: #error "Python.h requires that stdio.h define NULL."
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:37:20: error: string.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:39:19: error: errno.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:41:20: error: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:43:20: error: unistd.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:55:20: error: assert.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:57,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:7:20: error: stdint.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:57,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:89: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Py_uintptr_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:90: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Py_intptr_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:113: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Py_ssize_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:231:76: error: math.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:238:22: error: sys/time.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:239:18: error: time.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:257:24: error: sys/select.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:296:22: error: sys/stat.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:76,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/pymem.h:50: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
/usr/include/python2.5/pymem.h:51: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:78,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:104: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘Py_ssize_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:108: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘Py_ssize_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:131: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:131: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘Py_ssize_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:131: error: ‘Py_ssize_t’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:131: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:149: error: ‘readbufferproc’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:150: error: ‘writebufferproc’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:151: error: ‘segcountproc’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:152: error: ‘charbufferproc’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:215: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘lenfunc’
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:229: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘lenfunc’
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:244: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘FILE’
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:258: warning: ‘struct _typeobject’ declared inside parameter list
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:258: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:259: warning: ‘struct _typeobject’ declared inside parameter list
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:262: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:262: error: field ‘ob_size’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:264: error: field ‘tp_basicsize’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:264: error: field ‘tp_itemsize’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:309: error: field ‘tp_weaklistoffset’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:324: error: field ‘tp_dictoffset’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:389: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘FILE’
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:79,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/objimpl.h:97: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
/usr/include/python2.5/objimpl.h:98: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/objimpl.h:228: error: ‘PyGC_Collect’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/objimpl.h:249: error: field ‘gc_refs’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/objimpl.h:288: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:83,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/unicodeobject.h:55:19: error: ctype.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/unicodeobject.h:118:21: error: wchar.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:83,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/unicodeobject.h:384: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/unicodeobject.h:385: error: field ‘length’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/unicodeobject.h:447: error: ‘PyUnicodeUCS4_GetSize’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/unicodeobject.h:521: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘wchar_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/unicodeobject.h:521: error: expected ‘;’, ‘,’ or ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/unicodeobject.h:539: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘wchar_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/unicodeobject.h:539: error: expected ‘;’, ‘,’ or ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/unicodeobject.h:1102: error: ‘PyUnicodeUCS4_Tailmatch’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/unicodeobject.h:1114: error: ‘PyUnicodeUCS4_Find’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/unicodeobject.h:1123: error: ‘PyUnicodeUCS4_Count’ declared as function returning a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:84,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/intobject.h:24: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/intobject.h:38: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
/usr/include/python2.5/intobject.h:41: error: ‘PyInt_AsSsize_t’ declared as function returning a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:86,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/longobject.h:25: error: ‘_PyLong_AsSsize_t’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/longobject.h:26: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
/usr/include/python2.5/longobject.h:69: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘_PyLong_NumBits’
/usr/include/python2.5/longobject.h:85: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/longobject.h:108: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:87,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/floatobject.h:15: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:89,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/complexobject.h:39: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:92,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/stringobject.h:36: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/stringobject.h:36: error: field ‘ob_size’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/stringobject.h:67: error: ‘PyString_Size’ declared as function returning a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:94,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/tupleobject.h:25: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/tupleobject.h:25: error: field ‘ob_size’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/tupleobject.h:40: error: ‘PyTuple_Size’ declared as function returning a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:95,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/listobject.h:23: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/listobject.h:23: error: field ‘ob_size’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/listobject.h:38: error: field ‘allocated’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/listobject.h:47: error: ‘PyList_Size’ declared as function returning a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:96,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/dictobject.h:55: error: field ‘me_hash’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/dictobject.h:71: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/dictobject.h:72: error: field ‘ma_fill’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/dictobject.h:73: error: field ‘ma_used’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/dictobject.h:79: error: field ‘ma_mask’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/dictobject.h:108: error: ‘PyDict_Size’ declared as function returning a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:98,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/setobject.h:36: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/setobject.h:38: error: field ‘fill’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/setobject.h:39: error: field ‘used’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/setobject.h:45: error: field ‘mask’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/setobject.h:79: error: ‘PySet_Size’ declared as function returning a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:99,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/methodobject.h:82: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:101,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/funcobject.h:22: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:102,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/classobject.h:13: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/classobject.h:24: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/classobject.h:31: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:103,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/fileobject.h:11: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/fileobject.h:12: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘FILE’
/usr/include/python2.5/fileobject.h:38: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/fileobject.h:40: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/fileobject.h:57: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘FILE’
/usr/include/python2.5/fileobject.h:58: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Py_UniversalNewlineFread’
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:105,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/traceback.h:13: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:106,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/sliceobject.h:23: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:107,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/cellobject.h:10: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:109,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/genobject.h:13: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:110,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/descrobject.h:46: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/descrobject.h:50: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/descrobject.h:55: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/descrobject.h:60: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/descrobject.h:65: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:111,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/weakrefobject.h:16: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/weakrefobject.h:65: error: ‘_PyWeakref_GetWeakrefCount’ declared as function returning a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:114,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/pyerrors.h:10: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/pyerrors.h:17: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/pyerrors.h:31: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/pyerrors.h:44: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/pyerrors.h:52: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
/usr/include/python2.5/pyerrors.h:329: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/pyerrors.h:330: error: format string argument not a string type
/usr/include/python2.5/pyerrors.h:331: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:118,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/pyarena.h:50: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:120,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/pythonrun.h:34: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/pythonrun.h:35: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/pythonrun.h:37: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/pythonrun.h:38: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/pythonrun.h:39: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/pythonrun.h:44: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/pythonrun.h:54: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/pythonrun.h:60: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/pythonrun.h:77: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/pythonrun.h:142: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/pythonrun.h:144: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:122,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/sysmodule.h:12: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:124,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/import.h:33: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/import.h:33: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘FILE’
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:126,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/abstract.h:421: error: ‘PyObject_Size’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/abstract.h:433: error: ‘PyObject_Length’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/abstract.h:436: error: ‘_PyObject_LengthHint’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/abstract.h:774: error: ‘PyNumber_AsSsize_t’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/abstract.h:947: error: ‘PySequence_Size’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/abstract.h:956: error: ‘PySequence_Length’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/abstract.h:1078: error: ‘PySequence_Count’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/abstract.h:1097: error: ‘_PySequence_IterSearch’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/abstract.h:1122: error: ‘PySequence_Index’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/abstract.h:1161: error: ‘PyMapping_Size’ declared as function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/abstract.h:1171: error: ‘PyMapping_Length’ declared as function returning a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/compile.h:5,
                 from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:128,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/code.h:11: error: field ‘ob_refcnt’ declared as a function
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:131,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/pystrtod.h:11: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:151,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/pyfpe.h:129:20: error: signal.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/pyfpe.h:130:20: error: setjmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:151,
                 from mercurial/mpatch.c:23:
/usr/include/python2.5/pyfpe.h:132: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘PyFPE_jbuf’
mercurial/mpatch.c:54:24: error: sys/types.h: No such file or directory
mercurial/mpatch.c:58:25: error: arpa/inet.h: No such file or directory
mercurial/mpatch.c:60:23: error: inttypes.h: No such file or directory
mercurial/mpatch.c: In function ‘lalloc’:
mercurial/mpatch.c:77: error: ‘NULL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
mercurial/mpatch.c:77: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
mercurial/mpatch.c:77: error: for each function it appears in.)
mercurial/mpatch.c:82: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘malloc’
mercurial/mpatch.c:82: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘malloc’
mercurial/mpatch.c:89: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘free’
mercurial/mpatch.c: In function ‘combine’:
mercurial/mpatch.c:197: error: ‘NULL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
mercurial/mpatch.c:224: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘memcpy’
mercurial/mpatch.c:224: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘memcpy’
mercurial/mpatch.c: In function ‘decode’:
mercurial/mpatch.c:244: error: ‘NULL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
mercurial/mpatch.c:249: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘memcpy’
mercurial/mpatch.c:250: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘ntohl’
mercurial/mpatch.c:250: error: ‘uint32_t’ undeclared (first use in this function)
mercurial/mpatch.c:250: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
mercurial/mpatch.c:251: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
mercurial/mpatch.c:252: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
mercurial/mpatch.c: In function ‘apply’:
mercurial/mpatch.c:310: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘memcpy’
mercurial/mpatch.c:317: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘memcpy’
mercurial/mpatch.c: In function ‘fold’:
mercurial/mpatch.c:330: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘PyList_GetItem’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
mercurial/mpatch.c:332: error: ‘NULL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
mercurial/mpatch.c:335: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘decode’ makes integer from pointer without a cast
mercurial/mpatch.c: In function ‘patches’:
mercurial/mpatch.c:355: error: ‘NULL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
mercurial/mpatch.c:360: error: ‘PyObject’ has no member named ‘ob_refcnt’
mercurial/mpatch.c:371: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘calcsize’ makes integer from pointer without a cast
mercurial/mpatch.c:376: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘PyString_FromStringAndSize’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
mercurial/mpatch.c:382: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘apply’ makes integer from pointer without a cast
mercurial/mpatch.c:383: error: ‘PyObject’ has no member named ‘ob_refcnt’
mercurial/mpatch.c:383: error: ‘PyObject’ has no member named ‘ob_type’
mercurial/mpatch.c: In function ‘patchedsize’:
mercurial/mpatch.c:401: error: ‘NULL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
mercurial/mpatch.c:407: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘memcpy’
mercurial/mpatch.c:408: error: ‘uint32_t’ undeclared (first use in this function)
mercurial/mpatch.c:408: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
mercurial/mpatch.c:409: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
mercurial/mpatch.c:410: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
mercurial/mpatch.c: At top level:
mercurial/mpatch.c:435: error: ‘NULL’ undeclared here (not in a function)
mercurial/mpatch.c: In function ‘initmpatch’:
mercurial/mpatch.c:442: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘PyErr_NewException’ from incompatible pointer type
mercurial/mpatch.c:442: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘PyErr_NewException’ from incompatible pointer type
error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
  • Python.h error during easy_install
    If you got the following error while trying to run easy_install, it probably means you don't have the "python-dev" package installed. $ sudo apt-get install python-dev. 
    Searching for mercurial
Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/mercurial/
Couldn't find index page for 'mercurial' (maybe misspelled?)
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/
Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/Mercurial/1.0
Reading http://www.selenic.com/mercurial
Best match: mercurial 1.0
Downloading http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/release/mercurial-1.0.tar.gz
Processing mercurial-1.0.tar.gz
Running mercurial-1.0/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-MfmZhU/mercurial-1.0/egg-dist-tmp-JDYH6V
mercurial/mpatch.c:23:20: error: Python.h: No such file or directory
mercurial/mpatch.c:64: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
mercurial/mpatch.c: In function 'lalloc':
mercurial/mpatch.c:92: warning: implicit declaration of function 'PyErr_Occurred'
mercurial/mpatch.c:93: warning: implicit declaration of function 'PyErr_NoMemory'
mercurial/mpatch.c: In function 'decode':
mercurial/mpatch.c:265: warning: implicit declaration of function 'PyErr_SetString'
mercurial/mpatch.c:265: error: 'mpatch_Error' undeclared (first use in this function)
mercurial/mpatch.c:265: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
mercurial/mpatch.c:265: error: for each function it appears in.)
mercurial/mpatch.c: In function 'calcsize':
mercurial/mpatch.c:283: error: 'mpatch_Error' undeclared (first use in this function)
mercurial/mpatch.c: In function 'apply':
mercurial/mpatch.c:306: error: 'mpatch_Error' undeclared (first use in this function)
mercurial/mpatch.c: At top level:
mercurial/mpatch.c:322: error: expected ')' before '*' token
mercurial/mpatch.c:344: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
mercurial/mpatch.c:392: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
mercurial/mpatch.c:432: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'methods'
mercurial/mpatch.c:439: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'initmpatch'
error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
  • Couldn't find a setup script Error:
    If you get the following error when trying to run sudo easy_install -U mercurial, it could mean that there is a "mercurial" directory in your current working directory. Change to a different directory and run the command again. 
    Processing mercurial
error: Couldn't find a setup script in mercurial
  • error: can't create or remove files in install directory
    error: can't create or remove files in install directory

The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:

    [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/test-easy-install-28328.write-test'

The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:

    /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/

Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?  If the
installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in
as the administrator or "root" account.  If you do not have administrative
access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
variable.

For information on other options, you may wish to consult the
documentation at:
  
  http://peak.telecommunity.com/EasyInstall.html

Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
    You will get this error if you don't use the sudo command. Use 
    $ sudo easy_install -U mercurial

7 Comments


#1 Jiri commented on 2008-06-11:

Thanks for your blog. It's helped me to rid of intrusive

***** failed to import extension hgext.hbisect: No module named hbisect**

#2 romikt commented on 2008-07-01:

Won't this confuse the package manager?
I've just installed Mercurial 1.0.1 on Ubuntu Hardy from Debian Unstable repo. I think it is a better way.


#3 sofeng commented on 2008-07-02:

romikt,
thanks for the comment. you're probably right-- Easy Install is like a package manager so the two will probably have some conflicts. I just found this the easiest way to have to most up to date Mercurial.


#4 Arvind Gupta commented on 2009-06-04:

Hi Thanks for the tutorial. I have installed it on ubuntu jaunty, with current mercurial version 1.2.1


#5 Eliot commented on 2009-06-04:

Arvind,
Thanks for the updated information. I'm glad to hear this process still works with the latest versions.


#6 Eshan commented on 2010-02-17:

Installed mercurial 1.4.3. Thanks for the useful information.


#7 idigitall commented on 2010-03-10:

useful info; still works upgrading to 1.5

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