I've been trying to install Mailman, which requires a newer version of the Python language compiler (p-code generator?)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:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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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