Делаю по ману, который лежит тут _http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PythonHowTo. Запускаю cython purple.pyx -I libpurple/. выдает следующее:
Error converting Pyrex file to C:
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...

iter = plugin.purple_plugins_get_protocols()
protocol_list = []
while iter:
pp = <plugin.PurplePlugin*> iter.data
if pp.info and pp.info.name:
^
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/home/user/python-purple/purple.pyx:430:17: Cannot convert 'PurplePluginInfo *' to Python object

Error converting Pyrex file to C:
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...
iter = blist.purple_find_buddies(self._get_structure(), NULL)

while iter:
c_alias = NULL
c_buddy = <blist.PurpleBuddy *> iter.data
if <blist.PurpleBuddy *> c_buddy and \
^
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/home/user/python-purple/account.pyx:570:19: Cannot convert 'PurpleBuddy *' to Python object
Если выполнить $ python2.5 setup_dist.py build выдает вот что:
running build
running build_ext
building 'purple' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.6 -c c_purple.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.6/c_purple.o -I/usr/local/include/libpurple -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.6 -c purple.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.6/purple.o -I/usr/local/include/libpurple -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include
purple.c:1:2: error: #error Do not use this file, it is the result of a failed Cython compilation.
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1