This is to inform the developers....maybe it'll help someone Hi I was able to follow instructions properly in "Troubleshooting Linux" in the installation guide.
provide symbolic link to missing libraries. sudo ln -s real-library missing-library most of it in /usr/lib64 readline.so.? in /lib rename dbm.so in /autodesk/maya2009-x64/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload directory to something else...mine dbm.so.ORIG...Not sure why this gave an error.Something about a firstkey... I also have python 2.5.4 installed.Which also has a dbm.so....So maybe improper version ...I don't know but it works:)Maybe someone can tell me.... then follow instructions to install automatically.
-- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
