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Re: Help needed with compiling python

From Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Help needed with compiling python
Date 2015-11-26 22:39 +0100
Organization Decebal Computing
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On Thursday 26 Nov 2015 12:07 CET, Dave Farrance wrote:

> Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 25 Nov 2015 23:58 CET, Laura Creighton wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>
> A complete reinstall of Suse (after saving your home directory and
> work) might be quickest if you're in the dark about what's broken.
>
> But you might be able to fix it. If you can figure out which
> packages contain the damaged files, then do forced reinstalls of
> those. I've not used Suse, but a quick Google tells me that the
> syntax is:
>
> zypper in -f <package-name>
>
> So you'll want to try package names like "python" and "python2.7".

Sadly that also only installs only libraries and no applications.

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

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Help needed with compiling python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-11-25 21:23 +0100
  Re: Help needed with compiling python Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 14:49 -0600
    Re: Help needed with compiling python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-11-25 22:52 +0100
      Re: Help needed with compiling python Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 16:39 -0600
        Re: Help needed with compiling python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-11-26 07:55 +0100
      Re: Help needed with compiling python Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-25 23:58 +0100
        Re: Help needed with compiling python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-11-26 08:00 +0100
          Re: Help needed with compiling python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-26 19:29 +1100
            Re: Help needed with compiling python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-11-26 22:33 +0100
              Re: Help needed with compiling python Kev Dwyer <kevin.p.dwyer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-27 06:46 +0000
          Re: Help needed with compiling python Dave Farrance <df@see.replyto.invalid> - 2015-11-26 11:07 +0000
            Re: Help needed with compiling python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-11-26 22:39 +0100
              Re: Help needed with compiling python Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 23:48 -0600

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