Make sure you have the dependencies installed, you will need ::# libglib2.0-dev package (otherwise you will obtain an error like ''undefined mqcro: AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0''. :# autoconf, automake, libtool package:# python-dev package:# libcairo2-dev, python-cairo-dev:# python-gobject-dev:# libgirepository1.0-devSo, use the line:  sudo apt-get install autoconf automake libtool package python-dev libglib2.0-dev libcairo2-dev python-cairo-dev python-gobject-dev libgirepository1.0-dev Then compile itpygobject: