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  • Ray Buck
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    Python installation problem (sorry if this is a dup)

    I've been trying to install Mailman, which requires a newer version
    of the Python language compiler (p-code generator?) than the one I
    currently have on my linux webserver/gateway box.

    It's running a ClarkConnect 2.01 package based on Red Hat 7.2 linux.

    I downloaded the zipped tarball (Python-2.4.4.tgz), ran gunzip, then
    un-tarred it in /usr/local. Then (logged in as root) from
    /usr/local/Python-2.4.4 I ran the configure script which appeared to
    run properly. At least there were no error messages that I
    saw. Then I attempted to run "make install" and ended up with an
    error "make *** Error 1". It was right at the "libinstall " section
    of the make, so I did some googling and came up with the following command:
    [root@gateway Python-2.4.4]# make libinstall inclinstall

    After thrashing for about 5 minutes, I got basically the same message:
    Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.4/zipfile.py ...
    make: *** [libinstall] Error 1

    I dunno if this is relevant, but I have Python 2.2.2 in the
    /usr/Python-2.2.2 directory. Do I have to blow this away in order to
    install the newer distro? Or do I need to install the new one in/usr
    instead of /usr/local?

    Although I'm a retired programmer (mainframes), I'm still learning
    this linux stuff. I guess that makes me a noob...I hope you'll take
    that into consideration.

    Thanks,

    Ray

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    • bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com
      #2
      Re: Python installation problem (sorry if this is a dup)

      On 1 mar, 06:22, Ray Buck <r...@xmission. comwrote:
      I've been trying to install Mailman, which requires a newer version
      of the Python language compiler (p-code generator?)
      It's actually the whole thing : (byte-code) compiler, virtual machine,
      and stdlib.
      than the one I
      currently have on my linux webserver/gateway box.
      >
      It's running a ClarkConnect 2.01 package based on Red Hat 7.2 linux.
      >
      I downloaded the zipped tarball (Python-2.4.4.tgz), ran gunzip, then
      un-tarred it in /usr/local. Then (logged in as root) from
      /usr/local/Python-2.4.4 I ran the configure script which appeared to
      run properly. At least there were no error messages that I
      saw. Then I attempted to run "make install" and ended up with an
      error "make *** Error 1". It was right at the "libinstall " section
      of the make, so I did some googling and came up with the following command:
      [root@gateway Python-2.4.4]# make libinstall inclinstall
      >
      After thrashing for about 5 minutes, I got basically the same message:
      Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.4/zipfile.py ...
      make: *** [libinstall] Error 1
      Nothing else between these two lines ?
      I dunno if this is relevant, but I have Python 2.2.2 in the
      /usr/Python-2.2.2 directory. Do I have to blow this away in order to
      install the newer distro?
      I don't know your distrib, but it may depend on this specific python
      version.
      <wild-guess>
      You may want to specify the --prefix before running configure, and use
      make altinstall instead of make install.
      </wild-guess>
      Or do I need to install the new one in/usr
      instead of /usr/local?
      The old one is in /usr/local ? If so, it may not be part of your linux
      distro.

      FWIW, you should perhaps post the same question on your linux distro's
      mailing list.
      Although I'm a retired programmer (mainframes), I'm still learning
      this linux stuff. I guess that makes me a noob...I hope you'll take
      that into consideration.
      We're all newbies one way or another !-)

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