My ISP (Bluehost) does not yet support Python version 3, but gave me shell access (no sudo) so that I can install Python 3 myself on my server account (running Apache). So I uploaded the standard Python.org installation package (Python 3.2.1 for Linux) and followed instructions, starting with ./configure. These instructions had worked for me before, to install Python3 on a Linux netbook.
But on the server, ./configure starts fine, but later stops with an error. Here is the section of the output where the error occurred: *checking for build directories... done* *configure: creating ./config.status* *config.status: creating Makefile.pre* *config.status: creating Modules/Setup.config* *config.status: error: cannot find input file: `Misc/python.pc.in'* Then the ./configure step stopped. Needless to say, the next step, Make, did not work because there was no Makefile. Others have received the same message, in different contexts. But I haven't found a solution. Two action items: * For the Python community, it would help to fix this problem in the standard Python distribution, if possible. People do want to run Python3 on more servers. I could help by testing the fix to see if the Python3 install now works. * Meanwhile I'd appreciate any advice on a temporary fix (such as changing the configure file, or where to find a package that I could install on the server before installing Python3). All I need for now is the most basic installation, to support CGI and Web forms. John -- John S. James www.RepliCounts.org
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