I was trying to install Python 2.5 compiling from sources. I used: ./compile It run OK. Then: make altintall After a lot of output, got this: Listing /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax ... Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/__init__.py ... Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/_exceptions.py ... Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/expatreader.py ... Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/handler.py ... Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/saxutils.py ... Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/xmlreader.py ... Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xmllib.py ... Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xmlrpclib.py ... Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/zipfile.py ... make: *** [libinstall] Error 1
It seems I am not the only one with this error: http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread613458.html http://www.megasolutions.net/python/Python-installation-problem-(sorry-if-this-is-a-dup)-22624.aspx http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1912370 System: Freespire 1.0.13 (based on Debian). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list