Curious schrieb: > 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.
I bet your Ubuntu installation is 32bit, too. You need a 64bit installation of Ubuntu in order to run a 64bit version of Python. By default Python is compiled in the same flavor as the OS. What does "uname -m" show? It should print "x86_64" for a 64bit version of Linux. --enable-universalsdk and --with-universal-archs have no function on Linux. They are Mac OS X only options. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
