On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:12:05 +0200, Kwpolska wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Ganesh Reddy K <ganeshred...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> We are trying python 2.6 installation on an RHEL PC , >> >> whose 'uname -a' is (Linux 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:41:38 >> EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ) >> >> >> But, python compilation is not successfully done and showing a failure >> log. Below is the capture of the same. Please see failure log shown >> in the bottom of this mail. >> How to solve the failure modules mentioned in the log ( bsddb185, >> dl , imageop, sunaudiodev ) >> >> Please guide me to proceed further. >> >> ============== capture begin ================================= >> cd Python- 2.6.6 >> >> # ./configure checking for --enable-universalsdk... no checking for >> --with-universal-archs... 32-bit checking MACHDEP... linux2 checking >> EXTRAPLATDIR... >> checking machine type as reported by uname -m... x86_64 checking for >> --without-gcc... no checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C >> compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file >> name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... >> checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of >> object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... >> yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to >> accept ISO C89... none needed checking for >> --with-cxx-main=<compiler>... no checking for g++... g++ >> configure: WARNING: >> >> By default, distutils will build C++ extension modules with "g++". If >> this is not intended, then set CXX on the configure command line. >> >> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for grep that >> handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep >> -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... >> yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes >> checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for >> strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for >> stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking minix/config.h >> usability... no checking minix/config.h presence... no checking for >> minix/config.h... no checking whether it is safe to define >> __EXTENSIONS__... yes checking for --with-suffix... >> checking for case-insensitive build directory... no checking LIBRARY... >> libpython$(VERSION).a checking LINKCC... $(PURIFY) $(MAINCC) >> checking for --enable-shared... no checking for --enable-profiling... >> checking LDLIBRARY... libpython$(VERSION).a checking for ranlib... >> ranlib checking for ar... ar checking for svnversion... found checking >> for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking for >> --with-pydebug... no checking whether gcc accepts >> -fno-strict-aliasing... yes checking whether gcc accepts >> -OPT:Olimit=0... no checking whether gcc accepts -Olimit 1500... no >> checking whether gcc supports ParseTuple __format__... no checking >> whether pthreads are available without options... no checking whether >> gcc accepts -Kpthread... no checking whether gcc accepts -Kthread... no >> checking whether gcc accepts -pthread... yes checking whether g++ also >> accepts flags for thread support... yes checking for ANSI C header >> files... 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(cached) yes checking for working tzset()... yes >> checking for tv_nsec in struct stat... yes checking for tv_nsec2 in >> struct stat... no checking whether mvwdelch is an expression... yes >> checking whether WINDOW has _flags... yes checking for >> is_term_resized... yes checking for resize_term... yes checking for >> resizeterm... yes checking for /dev/ptmx... yes checking for >> /dev/ptc... no checking for %zd printf() format support... yes checking >> for socklen_t... yes checking for build directories... done configure: >> creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile.pre >> config.status: creating Modules/Setup.config config.status: creating >> pyconfig.h creating Modules/Setup creating Modules/Setup.local creating >> Makefile [root@117mc214 Python-2.6.6]# make .. >> . >> /Modules/_ctypes/malloc_closure.o >> build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Modules/_ctypes/ libffi/src/prep_cif.o >> build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Modules/_ctypes/ libffi/src/x86/ffi64.o >> build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Modules/_ctypes/ libffi/src/x86/unix64.o >> build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Modules/_ctypes/ libffi/src/x86/ffi.o >> build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Modules/_ctypes/ libffi/src/x86/sysv.o >> -L/usr/local/lib -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/_ctypes.so >> >> Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules: >> bsddb185 dl imageop sunaudiodev To find the >> necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for the module's >> name. >> >> running build_scripts creating build/scripts-2.6 copying and adjusting >> /home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Tools/scripts/pydoc -> >> build/scripts-2.6 copying and adjusting >> /home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Tools/scripts/idle -> >> build/scripts-2.6 copying and adjusting >> /home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Tools/scripts/2to3 -> >> build/scripts-2.6 copying and adjusting >> /home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Lib/smtpd.py -> >> build/scripts-2.6 changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/pydoc from 644 to >> 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/idle from 644 to 755 changing >> mode of build/scripts-2.6/2to3 from 644 to 755 changing mode of >> build/scripts-2.6/smtpd.py from 644 to 755 >> >> [root@117mc214 Python-2.6.6]# >> ============== capture end ==================== >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > Do you really need to compile python2.6? RHEL has packages for python, > and it's better to use pre-compiled packages rather than compile them > yourself.
I concur, but FYI the version of Python with RHEL5 is 2.4. Still, OP should stick with that unless there is a pressing reason. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
