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From: Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>
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Subject: Re: Help needed with compiling python
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On Thursday 26 Nov 2015 09:29 CET, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> On Thursday 26 November 2015 18:00, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 25 Nov 2015 23:58 CET, Laura Creighton wrote:
>>
>>> In a message of Wed, 25 Nov 2015 22:52:23 +0100, Cecil Westerhof
>>> writes:
>>>>
>>>> My system python was all-ready damaged: that is why I wanted to
>>>> build myself.
>>>
>>> Your Suse system probably wants to use python for something. If
>>> your system python is damaged, you badly need to fix that, using
>>> the system package managers tools, before Suse does some sort of
>>> update on you, using the broken python, which damages more of your
>>> system.
>>
>> I tried that. But it installs only things in /usr/lib and
>> /usr/lib64, nothing in /usr/bin, but at the same time it is adamant
>> that it installed python. I wanted a quick fix, but it looks like
>> that is not going to work. :'-( I'll have to find a way to get
>> things fixed.
>>
>
> On the assumption that you are more interested in fixing your broken
> system than learning how to compile Python, what happens if you use
> the Suse package manager to re-install Python?
>
> e.g. zypper python

It installs things in /usr/lib and /usr/lib64, but nothing in
/usr/bin. So it installs libraries, but not programs.


By the way: I am of-course most interested to fix my system, but I
would not mind to have python compiled also, so I (can) work with the
latest stable version. ;-)

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof