This directory show how easy it is to embed the Python interpreter in your own application. The file demo.c shows you all that is needed in your C code. To build it, you may have to edit the Makefile: 1) set blddir to the directory where you built Python, if it isn't in the source directory (../..) 2) change the variables that together define the list of libraries (MODLIBS, LIBS, SYSLIBS) to link with, to match their definitions in $(blddir)/Modules/Makefile