title: configure: error: Python interpreter is too old
body: <p>I am trying to Build and Install the Apache Thrift compiler and libraries</p>
  
  <p>As shown in instructions run <code>./configure &amp;&amp; make</code> </p>
  
  <p>And I get this error <strong>configure: error: Python interpreter is too old</strong></p>
  
  <p>I have python 2.7.12 </p>
  
  <pre><code>checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
  checking whether build environment is sane... yes
  checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
  checking for gawk... gawk
  checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
  checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
  checking whether UID '197608' is supported by ustar format... yes
  checking whether GID '197121' is supported by ustar format... yes
  checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
  checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
  checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
  checking for gcc... gcc
  checking whether the C compiler works... yes
  checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
  checking for suffix of executables... .exe
  checking whether we are cross compiling... no
  checking for suffix of object files... o
  checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
  checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
  checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
  checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
  checking for style of include used by make... GNU
  checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
  checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
  checking for g++... g++
  checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
  checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
  checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
  checking build system type... x86_64-pc-msys
  checking host system type... x86_64-pc-msys
  checking how to print strings... printf
  checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
  checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
  checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
  checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
  checking for ld used by gcc... c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe
  checking if the linker (c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe) is GNU ld... yes
  checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /c/MinGW/bin/nm
  checking the name lister (/c/MinGW/bin/nm) interface... BSD nm
  checking whether ln -s works... no, using cp -pR
  checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 24000
  checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
  checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
  checking how to convert x86_64-pc-msys file names to x86_64-pc-msys format... func_convert_file_noop
  checking how to convert x86_64-pc-msys file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
  checking for c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe option to reload object files... -r
  checking for objdump... objdump
  checking how to recognize dependent libraries... unknown
  checking for dlltool... dlltool
  checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
  checking for ar... ar
  checking for archiver @FILE support... @
  checking for strip... strip
  checking for ranlib... ranlib
  checking command to parse /c/MinGW/bin/nm output from gcc object... ok
  checking for sysroot... no
  checking for mt... no
  checking if : is a manifest tool... no
  checking for ANSI C header files... yes
  checking for sys/types.h... yes
  checking for sys/stat.h... yes
  checking for stdlib.h... yes
  checking for string.h... yes
  checking for memory.h... yes
  checking for strings.h... yes
  checking for inttypes.h... yes
  checking for stdint.h... yes
  checking for unistd.h... yes
  checking for dlfcn.h... yes
  checking for objdir... .libs
  checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
  checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
  checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... no
  checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
  checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
  checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
  checking whether the gcc linker (c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe) supports shared libraries... yes
  checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
  checking dynamic linker characteristics... no
  checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
  checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
  checking if libtool supports shared libraries... no
  checking whether to build shared libraries... no
  checking whether to build static libraries... yes
  checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
  checking for ld used by g++... c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe
  checking if the linker (c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe) is GNU ld... yes
  checking whether the g++ linker (c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe) supports shared libraries... no
  checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
  checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... no
  checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes
  checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
  checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
  checking whether the g++ linker (c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe) supports shared libraries... no
  checking dynamic linker characteristics... no
  checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
  checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
  checking for bison... yes
  checking for bison version &gt;= 2.5... yes
  checking for bison... bison -y
  checking for flex... flex
  checking lex output file root... lex.yy
  checking lex library... none needed
  checking whether yytext is a pointer... no
  checking whether ln -s works... no, using cp -pR
  checking for gawk... (cached) gawk
  checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
  checking whether g++ supports C++11 features by default... no
  checking whether g++ supports C++11 features with -std=c++11... yes
  checking for boostlib &gt;= 1.53.0... configure: We could not detect the boost libraries (version 1.53 or higher). If you have a staged boost library (still not installed) please specify $BOOST_ROOT in your environment and do not give a PATH to --with-boost option.  If you are sure you have boost installed, then check your version number looking in &lt;boost/version.hpp&gt;. See http://randspringer.de/boost for more documentation.
  checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
  checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/local/ssl... no
  checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/lib/ssl... no
  checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/ssl... no
  checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/pkg... no
  checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/local... no
  checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr... no
  checking whether compiling and linking against OpenSSL works... no
  checking for libevent &gt;= 1.0... no
  checking for zlib &gt;= 1.2.3... no
  checking for QT... no
  checking for QT5... no
  checking for GLIB... no
  checking for GOBJECT... no
  checking for MONO... no
  checking for MONO... no
  checking for MONO... no
  checking for javac and java... yes
  checking for ant... no
  checking for ant version &gt; 1.7... expr: syntax error
  no
  checking for erl... no
  checking for erlc... no
  checking for nodejs... no
  checking for node... no
  checking for npm... no
  checking for a Lua interpreter with version &gt;= 5.2... none
  checking for trial... no
  checking whether C:\Python27\Lib version is &gt;= 2.4... no
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Couldn't find in documentation of Apache Thrift which python interpreter I should have on my pc.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance!</p>