Unable to build mercurial on OSX - Python.h not found - xcode

For what I've read I need Python-Dev, how do I install it on OSX?
I think the problem I have, is, my Xcode was not properly installed, and I don't have the paths where I should.
This previous question:
Where is gcc on OSX? I have installed Xcode already
Was about I couldn't find gcc, now I can't find Python.h
Should I just link my /Developer directory to somewhere else in /usr/ ???
This is my output:
$ sudo easy_install mercurial
Password:
Searching for mercurial
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/mercurial/
Reading http://www.selenic.com/mercurial
Best match: mercurial 1.5.1
Downloading http://mercurial.selenic.com/release/mercurial-1.5.1.tar.gz
Processing mercurial-1.5.1.tar.gz
Running mercurial-1.5.1/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-_7RaTq/mercurial-1.5.1/egg-dist-tmp-l7JP3u
mercurial/base85.c:12:20: error: Python.h: No such file or directory
...
Thanks in advance.

I was struggling with this problem all day today.
I eventually discovered a site that claimed that all one needed to do was to reinstall Xcode, or install the latest version (4.3.2, as of this writing).
So I tried that. It did not help; not on its own. But then I went a step further: I fired up Xcode.app, and once I had done that, I opened the Xcode..Preferences menu item, and then go to the Downloads tab, and say that you want to install the "Command Line Tools"
Once I did that, and then re-ran easy_install (in my case I was trying to "easy_install dulwich" to satisfy a hg-git dependency), it was able to properly find Python.h for me.

Might depend on what version of Mac OSX you have, I have it in these spots:
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include/python2.5/Python.h
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include/python2.5/Python.h
Also I believe the version of python that comes with Xcode is a custom build that plays well with xcode but you have to jump through some hoops if you use another dev environment.

Are you sure you want to build Mercurial from source? There are binary packages available, including the nice MacHg which comes with a bundled Mercurial.

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Graphics Magick installation on Mac El Capitan 10.11.3 for TYPO3

I'm frustrated. I'm a total beginner in this (TYPO3), know well about HTML/CSS though but all the info I found on the web reads like Chinese for me. Like that one: http://mac-dev-env.patrickbougie.com/graphicsmagick/
I have no clue what that means!
I've downloaded GM, extracted the zip and double-clicked the configure file. The installation finished without any problems (as far as I can tell).
So here's the ting: can anybody please tell me, how this sort of installation is suppossed to be completed? I need it from the very beginning, actually from unpacking the zip.
Do I have to have another program, like this terminal program on the Mac, where you have to type in command lines? Do I have to write or edit code somewhere? Do I need to create folders? Where, in the TYPO3-Backend, can I check if it even works?
TYPO3 is installed and it works perfectly so far. THANKS A LOT! :)
PS: I really like to learn this (!), but my head is bumping right now :(
Easy way:
If you want to "just install" GM I suggest you to use one of OS X package managers like homebrew or macports. They can simplify configuration, building and installation process for you. So you'll only need to open Terminal and type (depending on chosen package manager):
brew install graphicsmagick or port install graphicsmagick
To verify that your installation is successful open Terminal and type gm version, as result you should see version and other details of your installation.
Fundamental way:
If you want learn how to build and install GM from sources, I recommend you to start reading official documentation. And then, by the way, read about "Make" and other tools used in build process.
As #Oles Savluk pointed easiest way to install such stuff is using homebrew. When you'll install it already, open new terminal window and use command which gm to find the path it will be i.e.: /usr/local/bin/gm - copy/write it and use in the TYPO3's Install Tool in proper place.

Is Haskell Platform 7.10.2-a1 missing documents?

I installed Haskell Platform 7.10.2-a1 64bit-signed.pkg on a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.11.1.
It brought up a nice display in Safari. When I click on 'Libraries' and the 'Codec.Compression.Zlib', i get a page of Safari can't find the file with the url file:///Library/Haskell/ghc-7.10.2-x86_64/lib/zlib-0.5.4.2/doc/html/Codec-Compression-Zlib.html
I searched the output of "ghc-pkg" and found a bunch more missing, including vector, syb, split, parsec, parallel, QuickCheck -- 42 in all.
What did I do wrong?
Thanks!
(Answer applies to version 7.10.3.)
You didn’t do anything wrong.
Yes, the Haskell Platform 7.10.3 64bit.pkg installer really is missing HTML Haddock documentation for all non-GHC packages. You can quickly verify this by opening up the installer, choosing File > Show Files (⌘I), and searching for Data-Text.html; the only result will be .../src/Data-Text.html, which is just the prettyprinted source code (produced by hscolour), not the Haddock documentation.
I'm not sure why the documentation is missing from the official packages. As a workaround you could do your own build of Haskell Platform. When I tried it, it worked for me, and all the documentation was there.
git clone https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform.git
cd haskell-platform
git checkout tags/7.10.3
curl -OL http://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/7.10.3/ghc-7.10.3-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz
./platform.sh ghc-7.10.3-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz
After several minutes, the package ended up in the build/product directory.

Issues Installing Foundation 5?

So I'm trying to make the switch from Bootstrap to Foundation , and I'm attempting to follow the instructions on this page (as I'm trying to install Foundation with Sass), but the instructions on the site are rather unclear to me - I've installed Git, Ruby and NodeJS but every time I get to the step
foundation new MY_PROJECT
I keep getting the error "Can't find Git, you can install it from http://git-scm.com/downloads except I've already installed it (and reinstalled it, twice actually) and I have no idea what to do to fix it. Perhaps someone could lay out the instructions from start to finish in more concrete terms so that I can understand?
Strangely enough, I reinstalled Git and found that you have to adjust Git's PATH option so that it runs Git from the Command Prompt (essentially, pick the second option on the "Adjusting your PATH environment" screen when installing Git).
Not entirely sure why I didn't realize that before, but it fixed the problem for me!
It is probably some kind of path issue.
You could also run Git Bash that was installed when you installed Git and then execute the foundation new MY_PROJECT command from there. It worked for me :)

Mac installing libraries using the terminal

I have researched this and found answers on SO on this topic yet remain confused.
Trying to get started with Git. I'm new to shell scripting too so hopefully after this I'll be more familiar with it.
I'm reading this page about how to get up and running with Git: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Installing-Git
I created a directory on my desktop called "git" and navigated to it in the terminal. With my level of experience in shell scripting this was a victory. Then, following a blog post on how to download fromt he terminal ran this command:
curl -O http://git-scm.com/download
That worked, or at least a new file was added to the "git" directory that I created.
Reading down the instructions one is told that "To install Git, you need to have the following libraries that Git depends on: curl, zlib, openssl, expat, and libiconv"
OK. Um. How? I did read some blog posts and SO answers on how to do this but failed. The first one for example - type zlib and hit enter - command not found? How do I either check if it's already installed or how do I install it? What about the others?
I tried following this blog post: http://www.neuraladvance.com/using-open-source-libraries-on-mac-os-x.html
I typed:
./configure
make
sudo make install
Wasn't even sure what to expect. The first two commands said not found the last one asked me for a password.
I then tried ./configure --help
Was then told "No such file or directory"
Needless to say I don't know what to do next. How do I install the libraries on a Mac using the terminal? curl, zlib, openssl, expat, and libiconv
I'm pretty sure all those libraries are preinstalled on your Mac.
If not, installing Xcode (free on the AppStore) would do the trick.
Xcode actually comes with git (but not the latest version) so if you install Xcode you don't need to install git separately.
To answer your question more generally, you might want to install Homebrew.
It's a command line tool to install software and libraries and it's pretty easy to use.
It's great that you are discovering the shell. You should read some tutorials for beginners. If you like it, you will learn very fast and in a few weeks, you will understand exactly why the command you tried didn't work. Have fun learning!
As Simon suggested you should install Xcode, however the CLI tools are not installed automatically. They must be downloaded through Xcode's, preferences. In Preferences click the Downloads tab then install next to Command Line Tools.
If any of the required tools are not automatically installed with Xcode, Homebrew is a great, easy to use, utility that can install nearly any UNIX or Linux command with the following syntax:
brew install <SomeAppName>
The Homebrew website has easy to follow instructions for setting it up initially. So if anything you need is missing try using that.
In Xcode 5, to download Command Line Tools, choose Open Developer Tool under "Xcode", then More Developer Tools> from the sub Menu. This takes you to an Apple web page - you'll need a Developer username/password to get to the Downloads page.
Choose the right CLT for your system, download and install from the dmg/pkg.

Where is gcc on OSX? I have installed Xcode already

I have installed Xcode from the Tool cd, I thought that would let me use gcc from the command line but I can't find it.
What am I missing
EDIT
When I wrote I can't find it I meant "I look for it using which gcc"
If gcc would have been in the PATH in first place, which would have find it.
Since gcc is not in the PATH ( that's what brought me here in first place ) which won't find it!
I think that was obvious but I'm making the note here because it wasn't
As of version 4.3.1, XCode is now an application and the command line tools are now available through the Preferences (this is documented in the App Store for XCode under 'What's New in Version 4.3.1' if you click 'More...'). After installing XCode, open it, open the Preferences and click on the Download tab. Click on 'install' for the 'Command Line Tools' and then sign in with your computer's password. The code will then be downloaded and installed.
You didn't check the box that says "UNIX Development Support"[1] (or possibly you unchecked it; I can't remember if it's on by default or not) when you did the install, so it didn't install the necessary symlinks and drivers in /usr/bin/.
Reinstall, and make sure to read the descriptions of the configuration options and select the ones that you need.
1: "Optional content to allow command-line development from the boot volume. Installs a duplicate of the GCC compiler and command line tools blah blah blah..."
Something went wrong with your install.
gcc is installed under /usr/bin with a symlink to gcc-4.2:
cd diciu$ pkgutil --file-info /usr/bin/gcc-4.2
volume: /
path: /usr/bin/gcc-4.2
pkgid: com.apple.pkg.gcc4.2Leo
pkg-version: 4.2.0.9000000000.1.1249367152
[..]
pkgid: com.apple.pkg.Xcode3.2.1Update
pkg-version: 1.0.1.1249367152
[..]
pkgid: com.apple.pkg.Xcode3.2.1UpdateUNIXDevSupport
pkg-version: 1.0.1.1249367152
[..]
On my Mac $ which gcc displays /usr/bin/gcc.
Xcode 4.3+ you need to install 'Command Line Tools for Xcode' found here: https://developer.apple.com/downloads
Is it possible that rather than not having gcc installed, your $PATH variable is messed up? first check if gcc is in /usr/bin manually. Then echo $PATH...
The same thing happened to me. It worked for a while and then went away. Reinstall and it will be fixed.
You might want to download Xcode from Apple while you are at it. Almost guaranteed to be fresher / more up-to-date since Xcode is rapidly updated. Current Xcode is 3.2.1.10. You need an Apple ID to download, but that also gives you access to the development site. All free... .
It is 1/6/2014. Current Xcode is 5.0.1
It is 2016 -- Current Xcode is 8.0. I think this question should be closed now.
Yes, try to install 'command line tools' by clicking Preferences-Downloads-command line tools.

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