Evan> ... 've tried to install from source, and I've tried to install Evan> with apt-get, but no matter which method I use, my installation is Evan> crippled. When I try to install Python 2.6.2 or 2.6.1, the Evan> installer warns me that it has failed to install zlib and Evan> binascii.
Do you have the zlib -dev package installed? If not, you need it. Dunno if that will affect binascii installation. Pick through the setup.py file looking for binascii. See what header files it's looking for. -- Skip Montanaro - s...@pobox.com - http://www.smontanaro.net/ America's vaunted "free press" notwithstanding, story ideas that expose the unseemly side of actual or potential advertisers tend to fall by the wayside. Not quite sure why. -- Jim Thornton -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list