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 22:33 +0100
Organization	Decebal Computing
Message-ID	<87d1uwe99e.fsf@Equus.decebal.nl> (permalink)
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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

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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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