having trouble getting gphoto2 on rpi about python-gphoto2

[jim-easterbrook]

You only needed the -dev library because you're compiling python-gphoto2 during installation. If you use the binary wheel from https://www.piwheels.org/project/gphoto2/ you don't need to compile. (And it installs a lot quicker.)

I should probably specify --only-binary :all: on the Pi command in README.rst though. Then you would have known you weren't doing a binary wheel installation.

In https://github.com/jim-easterbrook/python-gphoto2/blob/main/INSTALL.rst I wrote "Note that you need the "development headers" for libgphoto2 and Python."

[3ricj]

Ok, I got this sorted out.

sudo apt-get install libgphoto2-dev

.. was the answer. Perhaps a small update to the install docs would help the next person!

[3ricj]

Thanks, yes, I was just following the directions to end up here. I think your proposed changes make this much better. Thank you!