Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!cs.uu.nl!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.021 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'decent': 0.07; 'python': 0.08; 'configure': 0.10; 'things.': 0.12; 'gui': 0.13; 'received:209.85.210.174': 0.13; 'received :mail-iy0-f174.google.com': 0.13; 'elephant': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'obviously,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'source.': 0.18; 'jan': 0.19; 'maybe': 0.21; "doesn't": 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'gcc': 0.23; 'works.': 0.23; 'command': 0.24; 'suspect': 0.24; 'guess': 0.25; 'pm,': 0.26; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'pretty': 0.30; 'usually': 0.30; 'thu,': 0.32; 'familiar': 0.32; 'idea': 0.32; "won't": 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; '(not': 0.34; 'things': 0.35; 'be.': 0.35; 'notes': 0.35; 'install': 0.35; 'two': 0.37; 'run': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; "there's": 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'steven': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'tool': 0.39; 'received:209': 0.39; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'most': 0.60; 'your': 0.61; 'chain': 0.66; '19,': 0.68; 'fox': 0.73; 'boss': 0.77; 'apt-get': 0.84; 'cow': 0.84; 'going,': 0.84; 'make,': 0.84; 'prefers': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=EDtv7FGSTsVi8IRA5FmAgwnxTzVaM7u4gK7V40mFsMA=; b=HTkVVsc2WW/qMGZ9ghDhpxm2HB/3U68Xkm4kuFsuKWoJsBMIAbItt3/jFSZsZZcJ+u URuy6l1TP2MJPfHwIkpR3NB8vklTnO4cublnU05RDGkFUONPgSulz5z02pDeBKhs3E+z E1hMdDndbt98e+bg3vExOcu6/jofqahmGtpUg= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4f17f4c7$0$29987$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> References: <4f1708cc$0$1649$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <4f179db1$0$14012$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> <4f17f4c7$0$29987$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:05:53 +1100 Subject: Re: Installing Python on CentOS 6 - a big pain From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 22 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1326971156 news.xs4all.nl 6964 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:57347 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:19123 On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > I daresay any decent package manager would be able to provide the > complete tool chain for building Python from source. But I have no idea > what tools are needed -- gcc and make, obviously, but what else? Maybe it > really is as simple as "yum install gcc make", but I suspect that it > won't be. "yum install gcc make yacc bison elephant weasel fox cow spam > ham cheese chalk aardvark" perhaps. (I may have made one or two of those > up.) What I do is apt-get the most obvious things (g++/gcc and make, in this case), then run configure and see if it bombs, then run make and see if it bombs, and whenever there's a "command not found", attempt to apt-get that command as a package name. It usually works. Generally, if my boss (not as familiar with the commands as I, and prefers GUI tools where possible) asks me to set down exactly what I needed to do to get XYZ going, the notes end up looking pretty prohibitive, but it doesn't take long to guess your way through things. ChrisA