Install pyscard package on Ubuntu : error gcc failed with status 1
 

Hi,

I am new to ubuntu. I am trying to install the pyscard module of python and I am getting an error message. I already have gcc, swig and pcsc-lite installed. The command I used to install was from the README of pyscard (exact command is : /usr/bin/python setup.py build_ext install ). The error message i got is given below. In the last line it is written that gcc failed. So I checked for gcc version by using "gcc-v". This gave the version number as GCC4.2.3. When I type only gcc on the terminal than there is an error message saying that no file gcc exist.

ERROR MESSAGE :

mini2@mini2:~/Documents/HBOT/pyscard-1.6.7$ /usr/bin/python setup.py build_ext install
running build_ext
building 'smartcard.scard._scard' extension
swigging smartcard/scard/scard.i to smartcard/scard/scard_wrap.c
swig -python -outdir smartcard/scard -DPCSCLITE -o smartcard/scard/scard_wrap.c smartcard/scard/scard.i
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -DPCSCLITE=1 -Ismartcard/scard/ -I/usr/include/PCSC -I/usr/include/python2.5 -c smartcard/scard/helpers.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.5/smartcard/scard/helpers.o
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:28:22: error: winscard.h: No such file or directory
In file included from smartcard/scard/helpers.c:35:
smartcard/scard/helpers.h:47: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘SCARDCONTEXT’
smartcard/scard/helpers.h:52: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘SCARD_READERSTATE’
smartcard/scard/helpers.h:60: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘SCARDCONTEXT’
smartcard/scard/helpers.h:67: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘SCARDCONTEXT’
smartcard/scard/helpers.h:94: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘source’
smartcard/scard/helpers.h:95: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘SCardHelper_PyScardContextToSCARDCONTEXT’
smartcard/scard/helpers.h:98: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘source’
smartcard/scard/helpers.h:99: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘SCardHelper_PyScardHandleToSCARDHANDLE’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c: In function ‘_ReaderStateFromTuple’:
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:95: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘aszReaderNames’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:96: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘aszReaderNames’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:101: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:101: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘aszReaderNames’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:102: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘aszReaderNames’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:106: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c: In function ‘SCardHelper_PyGuidListToGUIDLIST’:
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:409: error: ‘GUIDLIST’ has no member named ‘hcontext’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c: In function ‘SCardHelper_AppendReaderStateListToPyObject’:
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:488: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘cRStates’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:489: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘cRStates’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:499: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:500: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:501: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:502: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:504: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c: In function ‘SCardHelper_PyReaderStateListToREADERSTATELIST’:
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:585: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘cRStates’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:587: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:587: error: ‘SCARD_READERSTATE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:587: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:587: error: for each function it appears in.)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:588: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:595: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘aszReaderNames’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:596: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘aszReaderNames’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:599: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:614: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘aszReaderNames’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:616: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c: In function ‘SCardHelper_PrintReaderStateList’:
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:633: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘cRStates’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:636: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:637: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:638: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:639: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:640: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:642: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:646: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:646: error: ‘SCARD_STATE_UNAWARE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:650: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:650: error: ‘SCARD_STATE_IGNORE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:654: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:654: error: ‘SCARD_STATE_CHANGED’ undeclared (first use in this function)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:658: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:658: error: ‘SCARD_STATE_UNKNOWN’ undeclared (first use in this function)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:662: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:662: error: ‘SCARD_STATE_UNAVAILABLE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:666: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:666: error: ‘SCARD_STATE_EMPTY’ undeclared (first use in this function)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:670: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:670: error: ‘SCARD_STATE_PRESENT’ undeclared (first use in this function)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:674: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:674: error: ‘SCARD_STATE_ATRMATCH’ undeclared (first use in this function)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:678: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:678: error: ‘SCARD_STATE_EXCLUSIVE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:682: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:682: error: ‘SCARD_STATE_INUSE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:686: error: ‘READERSTATELIST’ has no member named ‘ars’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:686: error: ‘SCARD_STATE_MUTE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
smartcard/scard/helpers.c: At top level:
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:699: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘source’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:738: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘SCardHelper_PyScardContextToSCARDCONTEXT’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:769: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘source’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:808: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘SCardHelper_PyScardHandleToSCARDHANDLE’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c: In function ‘SCardHelper_AppendStringToPyObject’:
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:917: error: ‘STRING’ has no member named ‘sz’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:919: error: ‘STRING’ has no member named ‘sz’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c: In function ‘SCardHelper_PyStringToString’:
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:986: error: ‘STRING’ has no member named ‘sz’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:987: error: ‘STRING’ has no member named ‘sz’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:993: error: ‘STRING’ has no member named ‘sz’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c: In function ‘SCardHelper_PrintString’:
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:1008: error: ‘STRING’ has no member named ‘sz’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c: In function ‘SCardHelper_AppendStringListToPyObject’:
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:1031: error: ‘STRINGLIST’ has no member named ‘ac’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c: In function ‘SCardHelper_PyStringListToStringList’:
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:1143: error: ‘STRINGLIST’ has no member named ‘hcontext’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:1147: error: ‘STRINGLIST’ has no member named ‘ac’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:1148: error: ‘STRINGLIST’ has no member named ‘ac’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:1155: error: ‘STRINGLIST’ has no member named ‘ac’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:1165: error: ‘STRINGLIST’ has no member named ‘ac’
smartcard/scard/helpers.c: In function ‘SCardHelper_PrintStringList’:
smartcard/scard/helpers.c:1177: error: ‘STRINGLIST’ has no member named ‘ac’
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
mini2@mini2:~/Documents/HBOT/pyscard-1.6.7$


Thank you for your help.

Sometimes it's tough to see the error in all the gobbledy gook on the screen. According to this site, winscard.h is provided by the package libpcslite-dev.

Hi you are right the winscard.h belong to libpcsc-lite. I downloaded the libpcsclite-dev.deb file for this package. When I tried installing it, the ubuntu package manager gives the error :

ERROR : the dependancy is not satisfiable : libpcsclite1
But when I tried installing the libpcsclite-dev, it still gave the same error.

Please help.

Thank you

Finally I got the module installed. It was the pcsc-lite which was missing and I was tryiing to install the Ubuntu karmic version of it on my Ubuntu hardy OS.

The program that I am trying to run is RFIDIOt and it still is not getting compiled.

On the repository on Ubuntu, the pyscard module is available in only two versions : karmic and jaunty. Does that indicates that for all other versions of Ubuntu pyscard module might not work ?

Thanks for the help. :)