[BioPython] Installing Biopython, where is the Makefile?

[Michiel Jan Laurens de Hoon]

Does this error appear with KDTree only, or do you get the same error with other 
extension modules also?

--Michiel.

> /usr/bin/ld: build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.3/Bio/KDTree/KDTree.o: relocation
> R_X86_64_32 can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with
> -fPIC
> build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.3/Bio/KDTree/KDTree.o: could not read symbols:
> Bad value
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> error: command 'g++' failed with exit status 1

Sebastian Bassi wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am still working on trying to install Biopython on AMD64.
> According to several post (and one on this list) I have to compile it 
> with -fPIC option.
> But I can't find the Makefile.in where I should put this option.
> Would the Makefile under Bio/KDTree a good place to put it? But I can't 
> find cflags there. I think that switching this parameter is the only 
> thing that is holding me back from compiling Biopython under AMD64.
> 

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