[MPICH] Problem compiling MPICH2

[Marko Filipovic]

Greetings,

ich have tried to compile MPICH2 with defalut options only. Configure 
works fine, but make exits with an error. Here are the last few lines 
from the ouput:

ranlib ../../../lib/libmpich.a
date > .libstamp0
make[3]: Leaving directory `/work/filipovic/mpich2-1.0.2p1/src/pmi/simple'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/work/filipovic/mpich2-1.0.2p1/src/pmi'
make[2]: Entering directory `/work/filipovic/mpich2-1.0.2p1/src/pm'
make[3]: Entering directory `/work/filipovic/mpich2-1.0.2p1/src/pm/mpd'
gcc -I. -I/work/filipovic/mpich2-1.0.2p1/src/pm/mpd   -c 
/work/filipovic/mpich2-1.0.2p1/src/pm/mpd/mpdroot.c
gcc    -o mpdroot mpdroot.o
running build_ext
error: invalid Python installation: unable to open 
/usr/lib/python2.3/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
make[3]: *** [all] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/work/filipovic/mpich2-1.0.2p1/src/pm/mpd'
make[2]: *** [all-redirect] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/work/filipovic/mpich2-1.0.2p1/src/pm'
make[1]: *** [all-redirect] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/work/filipovic/mpich2-1.0.2p1/src'
make: *** [all-redirect] Error 2

The manual says I need PyXML package. However, my Debian doesn't seem to 
know anything about it.

I have no idea where to look for a solution. I have already been through 
this list's archive, but couldn't find any similar posting. Any help 
would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Marko