Am trying to climb the AIPY mountain and as pre-reqs am trying to get basemap installed. On Ubuntu 9.10 and have Python 2.6.4 and setuptools for easy_install. Using Synaptic I have installed MPL 0.99.0 and, using the installation instructions for 'other platforms' Have installed GEOS and libgeos_c is in /usr/lib and geos_c.h in /usr/include so have set GEOS_DIR to /usr and untar-ed basemap-0.99.4.tar.gz (could not find 0.99.5 - speaks to my expertise) in a folder in /usr/share. CD to basemap-0.99.4 and ran the usual: python setup.py install and got screeds of errors. The last ones remaining in my terminal window are: src/_proj.c:3156: warning: (near initialization for ‘__pyx_string_tab[36]’) src/_proj.c:3156: warning: excess elements in struct initializer src/_proj.c:3156: warning: (near initialization for ‘__pyx_string_tab[36]’) src/_proj.c:3156: warning: excess elements in struct initializer src/_proj.c:3156: warning: (near initialization for ‘__pyx_string_tab[36]’) src/_proj.c:3156: warning: excess elements in struct initializer src/_proj.c:3156: warning: (near initialization for ‘__pyx_string_tab[36]’) src/_proj.c:3156: warning: excess elements in struct initializer src/_proj.c:3156: warning: (near initialization for ‘__pyx_string_tab[36]’) src/_proj.c:3157: warning: excess elements in struct initializer src/_proj.c:3157: warning: (near initialization for ‘__pyx_string_tab[37]’) src/_proj.c:3157: warning: excess elements in struct initializer src/_proj.c:3157: warning: (near initialization for ‘__pyx_string_tab[37]’) src/_proj.c:3157: warning: excess elements in struct initializer src/_proj.c:3157: warning: (near initialization for ‘__pyx_string_tab[37]’) src/_proj.c:3157: warning: excess elements in struct initializer src/_proj.c:3157: warning: (near initialization for ‘__pyx_string_tab[37]’) src/_proj.c:3157: warning: excess elements in struct initializer src/_proj.c:3157: warning: (near initialization for ‘__pyx_string_tab[37]’) src/_proj.c:3157: warning: excess elements in struct initializer src/_proj.c:3157: warning: (near initialization for ‘__pyx_string_tab[37]’) src/_proj.c: In function ‘__Pyx_InitCachedBuiltins’: src/_proj.c:3160: error: ‘__pyx_builtin_RuntimeError’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:3160: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘__Pyx_GetName’ src/_proj.c:3160: error: ‘__pyx_b’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c: In function ‘__Pyx_InitGlobals’: src/_proj.c:3167: error: ‘__pyx_int_0’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:3167: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyInt_FromLong’ src/_proj.c: At top level: src/_proj.c:3175: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘init_proj’ src/_proj.c:3176: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘init_proj’ src/_proj.c:3441: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘PyObject’ src/_proj.c: In function ‘__Pyx_RaiseDoubleKeywordsError’: src/_proj.c:3443: error: ‘PyExc_TypeError’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:3448: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyString_AS_STRING’ src/_proj.c:3448: error: ‘kw_name’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c: In function ‘__Pyx_RaiseArgtupleInvalid’: src/_proj.c:3473: error: ‘PyExc_TypeError’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c: At top level: src/_proj.c:3483: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3561: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3581: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3614: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3622: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3686: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3718: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3735: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3755: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3775: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3795: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3810: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3825: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3840: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3855: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3870: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3885: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3914: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘__Pyx_PyInt_AsUnsignedLongLong’ src/_proj.c:3943: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:3962: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘__Pyx_PyInt_AsLongLong’ src/_proj.c:3981: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:4000: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘__Pyx_PyInt_AsSignedLongLong’ src/_proj.c:4021: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:4067: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:4087:21: error: compile.h: No such file or directory src/_proj.c:4088:25: error: frameobject.h: No such file or directory src/_proj.c:4089:23: error: traceback.h: No such file or directory src/_proj.c: In function ‘__Pyx_AddTraceback’: src/_proj.c:4092: error: ‘PyObject’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:4092: error: ‘py_srcfile’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:4093: error: ‘py_funcname’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:4094: error: ‘py_globals’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:4095: error: ‘empty_string’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:4096: error: ‘PyCodeObject’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:4096: error: ‘py_code’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:4097: error: ‘PyFrameObject’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:4097: error: ‘py_frame’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:4100: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyString_FromString’ src/_proj.c:4107: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyString_FromFormat’ src/_proj.c:4120: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyModule_GetDict’ src/_proj.c:4120: error: ‘__pyx_m’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:4123: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyString_FromStringAndSize’ src/_proj.c:4128: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyCode_New’ src/_proj.c:4137: error: ‘__pyx_empty_tuple’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/_proj.c:4148: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyFrame_New’ src/_proj.c:4149: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyThreadState_GET’ src/_proj.c:4156: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyTraceBack_Here’ src/_proj.c:4158: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘Py_XDECREF’ src/_proj.c: In function ‘__Pyx_InitStrings’: src/_proj.c:4166: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘p’ src/_proj.c:4168: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘is_unicode’ src/_proj.c:4168: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘is_identifier’ src/_proj.c:4169: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘p’ src/_proj.c:4169: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8’ src/_proj.c:4169: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘s’ src/_proj.c:4169: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘n’ src/_proj.c:4170: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘intern’ src/_proj.c:4171: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘p’ src/_proj.c:4171: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyString_InternFromString’ src/_proj.c:4171: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘s’ src/_proj.c:4173: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘p’ src/_proj.c:4173: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘s’ src/_proj.c:4173: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘n’ src/_proj.c:4184: error: ‘__Pyx_StringTabEntry’ has no member named ‘p’ src/_proj.c: At top level: src/_proj.c:4193: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:4199: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:4245: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:4254: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token src/_proj.c:4268: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token error: Command "gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Isrc -I/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/core/include -I/usr/include/python2.6 -c src/_proj.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.6/src/_proj.o" failed with exit status 1 Does anyone have any idea of where I am going obviously wrong? Kind Regards, John