PYTHON compiler problem

found a place that says which version of compiler to use when setup.py needs one: they recommend using: Visual C++ 2008 Express SP1

UBUNTU VM needs header into to compile

when installing the vmware tools, the perl script may ask for the location of the header files for the kernel. 1st install them via sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) , then point it to the right folder: /lib/modules/`uname -r/build/lib