On Friday 17 July 2009 06:44:26 aj wrote: > when I try to compile Python 2.6 from source code on ubuntu, I get the > message > /usr/bin/ld: cannot open output file python: Is a directory
This says that there is directory in the sources with same name as will be named output It can only occur when you are not compiling software correctly via INSTALL or README file I think you made ./configure make as compiling process if this is true try mkdir bulid cd build ../configure make make install Kind regards Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
