On Sep 25, 7:05 pm, Alejandro Valdez <alejandro.val...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello I sent this e-mail to the python-help list but I'm not sure if > that list is active... so I post it again here: > > I'm trying to build Python 2.6.2 from the sources downloaded from the > python official site on OpenSuSE 11.1 (32 bit). After installation the > python command line interpreter seems to run ok, but when I try to > install setuptools I get: > [...] > To compile Python I executed: > > ./configure --prefix=/home/user/python > ./make > ./make install > > The compile process seems to be ok, so I'm kind of clueless :-( > > Any ideas?
This is just a guess, but try configuring with: ./configure --enable-unicode=ucs4 --prefix=/home/user/python On Linux, by default, a self-compiled Python uses UCS2 internally for its unicode support (with some support for UTF16). Most Linux distributions, however, distribute a Python that uses UCS4 (aka UTF32) instead, so it seems possible that your setuptools egg is expecting to find a UCS4 build. Mark -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list