On Oct 7, 4:07 pm, Roger Binns <rog...@rogerbinns.com> wrote: > Curious wrote: > > Ubuntu comes pre-installed with Python2.6 but this python installation > > is a 32 bit installation. > > For 64 bit Ubuntu you are mistaken: > > $ file /usr/bin/python2.6 > /usr/bin/python2.6: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), > dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, stripped > > > I do the following to know if the current python installation is 32- > > bit or 64-bit: > > This is what I do: > > >>> import ctypes > >>> ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_void_p) > > 8 > > Roger
Thanks very much for you response, Roger! I am sorry but I am not able to follow what you are saying. I am quite new to linux installation world and it's possible that I am missing pretty straightforward info. Did you mean to say that Ubuntu does come pre-installed with 64-bit Python? When I used the same command as you did, I see a 32-bit version there. I am not sure how to get to 64-bit. $ file /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/python2.6: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, stripped Python 2.6.2 (release26-maint, Apr 19 2009, 01:56:41) [GCC 4.3.3] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import ctypes >>> ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_void_p) 4 I also tried building Python on this machine by setting following configuration option: /configure --enable-universalsdk --with-universal-archs="64-bit" But no luck. I am definitely missing something here. Could you please explain how did you get a 64-bit version there? I am using ubuntu 9.0.4. Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
