Re: Locating python

2009-02-11 Thread David Sevilla
> On Feb 3, 7:30 pm, andrew cooke wrote: > > > the exact details of what you are reporting seem a bit odd, but i have > > seen a similar error because i have tried to use my own account to > > install the package, instead of using root. > > > what i believe happens is that easy_install first tries

Re: Locating python

2009-02-04 Thread Tino Wildenhain
andrew cooke wrote: On Feb 4, 9:16 am, andrew cooke wrote: actually "su" needs the root (or the target users') password and sudo needs _your_ (the current users) password. argh, sorry for the confusion. actually, no. sudo requires the root password. at least on opensuse 11.1 default config

Re: Locating python

2009-02-04 Thread andrew cooke
On Feb 4, 9:16 am, andrew cooke wrote: > > actually "su" needs the root (or the target users') password > > and sudo needs _your_ (the current users) password. > > argh, sorry for the confusion. actually, no. sudo requires the root password. at least on opensuse 11.1 default config. i just tri

Re: Locating python

2009-02-04 Thread andrew cooke
> actually "su" needs the root (or the target users') password > and sudo needs _your_ (the current users) password. argh, sorry for the confusion. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Locating python

2009-02-04 Thread Tino Wildenhain
andrew cooke wrote: On Feb 3, 7:35 pm, David Sevilla wrote: I am quite new to Linux, and thought that by using yast2 there would be no user problems (I am asked for the root password). I will sudo it to see if it solves the problem. yast asked you for the password so that easy_install could b

Re: Locating python

2009-02-04 Thread andrew cooke
On Feb 3, 7:35 pm, David Sevilla wrote: > I am quite new to Linux, and thought that by using yast2 there would > be no user problems (I am asked for the root password). I will sudo it > to see if it solves the problem. yast asked you for the password so that easy_install could be installed correc

Re: Locating python

2009-02-03 Thread Steve Holden
Mike Driscoll wrote: > On Feb 3, 3:24 pm, David Sevilla wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Apologies if this was answered somewhere else, I have not found >> anything similar anywhere. >> >> I have SUSE 11.0 and I am trying to install a program called >> mnemosyne. I need easy_install for this, for which I insta

Re: Locating python

2009-02-03 Thread andrew cooke
sorry, you are using easy_install, so sudo easy_install instead of what i said a moment ago. the important thing is to use "sudo". andrew On Feb 3, 7:30 pm, andrew cooke wrote: > the exact details of what you are reporting seem a bit odd, but i have > seen a similar error because i ha

Re: Locating python

2009-02-03 Thread David Sevilla
On Feb 3, 11:30 pm, andrew cooke wrote: > the exact details of what you are reporting seem a bit odd, but i have > seen a similar error because i have tried to use my own account to > install the package, instead of using root. > > what i believe happens is that easy_install first tries to create

Re: Locating python

2009-02-03 Thread David Sevilla
On Feb 3, 11:24 pm, Mike Driscoll wrote: > On Feb 3, 3:24 pm, David Sevilla wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > Apologies if this was answered somewhere else, I have not found > > anything similar anywhere. > > > I have SUSE 11.0 and I am trying to install a program called > > mnemosyne. I need easy_insta

Re: Locating python

2009-02-03 Thread andrew cooke
the exact details of what you are reporting seem a bit odd, but i have seen a similar error because i have tried to use my own account to install the package, instead of using root. what i believe happens is that easy_install first tries to create the "test" file, and then checks it is there. if

Re: Locating python

2009-02-03 Thread Mike Driscoll
On Feb 3, 3:24 pm, David Sevilla wrote: > Hi, > > Apologies if this was answered somewhere else, I have not found > anything similar anywhere. > > I have SUSE 11.0 and I am trying to install a program called > mnemosyne. I need easy_install for this, for which I installed > setuptools through yast

Locating python

2009-02-03 Thread David Sevilla
Hi, Apologies if this was answered somewhere else, I have not found anything similar anywhere. I have SUSE 11.0 and I am trying to install a program called mnemosyne. I need easy_install for this, for which I installed setuptools through yast2. But when I run easy_install for the final installati