FWIIW, On my stock Ultra 20 / Solaris 10 / Opteron box, python, idle, etc. just run fine provided /usr/sfw/bin is in your PATH environment variable. That is Python 2.3.3, however.
In addition, I installed the Python 2.4.3 build for Solaris from ActiveState and python, idle, etc. run without any glitch as well. More at <http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/?mp=1> Lastly, I downloaded the very latest Python 2.5 release and tried to build that using the SUN compilers. There are some issues with that since this is an Opteron and not a SPARC processor. /Jean Brouwers sam wrote: > dear all, > > having spent the last couple of weeks getting to grips with python on > windows, i am in the position of trying to make the transition to my > newly arrived ultra 20. > > however, although there are plenty of files with idle somewhere in the > title, idle.py (which i assume is the interpreter) will not open, as > there is 'no installed viewer.' surely sun have not installed python > only for it to unusable? i may well be completely off base here, as > using unix is still very much a mystery to me. > > i have tried /usr/sfw/lib/python at the command prompt. it worked > yesterday, but having now moved and restored the python2.3 file to its > original position, i find the same command prompt failing to work. have > i messed it up by moving it around? > > my workstation remains a shiny box which does naught but hum > malevolently. is there hope? > > thank you, > > sam -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
