just running make and make installed worked (with some warning see below) ... this was done under Linux Fedora 39 / python 3.12
$ make install
make -C mercuryapi-1.37.2.24/c/src/api
...
/usr/bin/python3 setup.py install
running install
/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py:66: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated.
!!
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Please avoid running ``setup.py`` directly.
Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer, pypa/build or
other standards-based tools.
See https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html for details.
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!!
self.initialize_options()
/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py:66: EasyInstallDeprecationWarning: easy_install command is deprecated.
!!
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Please avoid running ``setup.py`` and ``easy_install``.
Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer, pypa/build or
other standards-based tools.
See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/917 for details.
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btw. I just came along this project, I was able to manually download that latest api (mercuryapi-BILBO-1.37.2.24.zip) from: https://www.jadaktech.com/documents-downloads/thingmagic-mercury-api-1-37-2/?download that required to register some email addr. however after that with changing there in the makefile
just running make and make installed worked (with some warning see below) ... this was done under Linux Fedora 39 / python 3.12