Missing _bssd in Python 2.4

[jalil@feghhi.com]

I compiled and installed python 2.4 on Redhat Linux using default
options but don't seem to be getting _bsddb. I get an error message
that _bssd cannot be imported.

Does anybody know why this might happen? Do I need to do any special
customization or install any other software?

Thanks,

-Jalil

[Martin v. Löwis]

Re: Missing _bssd in Python 2.4

jalil@feghhi.co m wrote:[color=blue]
> I compiled and installed python 2.4 on Redhat Linux using default
> options but don't seem to be getting _bsddb. I get an error message
> that _bssd cannot be imported.
>
> Does anybody know why this might happen? Do I need to do any special
> customization or install any other software?[/color]

You need to install the bsddb header files and development libraries
when building Python from source.

Regards,
Martin

[jalil@feghhi.com]

Re: Missing _bssd in Python 2.4


I actually installed BerkeleyBD4.0 and commented out some sections of
Modules/Setup that I found related to this. I got the _bsddb.o in the
build environment but I still get the same error from bsddb/__init.py__
that it cannot import _bsddb.

Anything I am missing? Where should this _bsddb go exactly? Is it an
..so file?

Thanks,

-JF
Martin v. Löwis wrote:[color=blue]
> jalil@feghhi.co m wrote:[color=green]
> > I compiled and installed python 2.4 on Redhat Linux using default
> > options but don't seem to be getting _bsddb. I get an error message
> > that _bssd cannot be imported.
> >
> > Does anybody know why this might happen? Do I need to do any[/color][/color]
special[color=blue][color=green]
> > customization or install any other software?[/color]
>
> You need to install the bsddb header files and development libraries
> when building Python from source.
>
> Regards,
> Martin[/color]