[Twisted-Python] unable to install twisted

[Fritz Platzke]

Hello,
I hate asking questions like this but quite frankly I'm stumped. I have
been trying to install Twisted for the past two days and it just won't go.
I've tried multiple versions of Zope and Twisted but nothing seems to
work.

The box I am attempting the install is a fresh install of CentOS 4.4 on an
Intel Celeron 733 mhz processor

[root at milky ~]# gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.6/specs
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix
--disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
--disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-java-awt=gtk
--host=i386-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3)
[root at milky ~]# python -V
Python 2.3.4

This is what happens when I attempt to build zope...
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
building 'zope.interface._zope_interface_coptimizations' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386
-mtune=pentium4 -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fPIC
-IDependencies/zope.interface-ZopeInterface-3.1.0c1/zope.interface
-I/usr/include/python2.3 -c
Dependencies/zope.interface-ZopeInterface-3.1.0c1/zope.interface/_zope_interface_coptimizations.c
-o
build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/Dependencies/zope.interface-ZopeInterface-3.1.0c1/zope.interface/_zope_interface_coptimizations.o
Dependencies/zope.interface-ZopeInterface-3.1.0c1/zope.interface/_zope_interface_coptimizations.c:15:20:
Python.h: Nosuch file or directory
Dependencies/zope.interface-ZopeInterface-3.1.0c1/zope.interface/_zope_interface_coptimizations.c:16:26:
structmember.h: No such file or directory
Dependencies/zope.interface-ZopeInterface-3.1.0c1/zope.interface/_zope_interface_coptimizations.c:22:
error: syntax error before '*' token
Dependencies/zope.interface-ZopeInterface-3.1.0c1/zope.interface/_zope_interface_coptimizations.c:22:
warning: data definition has no type or storage class
Dependencies/zope.interface-ZopeInterface-3.1.0c1/zope.interface/_zope_interface_coptimizations.c:23:
error: syntax error before '*' token
Dependencies/zope.interface-ZopeInterface-3.1.0c1/zope.interface/_zope_interface_coptimizations.c:23:
warning: data definition has no type or storage class
Dependencies/zope.interface-ZopeInterface-3.1.0c1/zope.interface/_zope_interface_coptimizations.c:24:
error: syntax error before '*' token
...
...
etc
...
...
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1


Now I realize that I could probably ask for help on the Zope list but
seeing as how a person NEEDS zope in order to install twisted I'm hoping
someone here has experienced similar issues and can provide some insight
into what I'm missing and/or doing wrong. Surely someone running either
CentOS or RHEL has encountered this problem and can explain what is going
on.

Thanks in advance,
Fritz