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How do I install cairocffi in solaris 11?

I saw xcffib is a prerequisite so I tried to install it with:

~# pip install xcffib

But I got this error message and I don't understand what 'cc' is, I installed gcc.

Update:

I tried to export the location of my libffi-dev headers 

#echo $LIBFFI_LIBS 
-L/opt/csw/lib -lffi
#echo $LIBFFI_CFLAGS
-I/opt/csw/lib/libffi-3.2.1/include

And runing 

CC="gcc -std=gnu99" pip install xcffib

or

CC="gcc -std=gnu99" pip install cffi

still doesn't find the header: fatal error: ffi.h: No such file or director

Solution

  • It looks like pip and/or cairocffi are expecting the Oracle Studio compiler to be installed.

    Installing it fixes the issue you are having.