Hi Mark, On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Manarski, Mark <mark.manar...@highmark.com> wrote: > I have downloaded the “python-2.7.5-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm” package from the IBM > Linux ToolBox site. > > When I try to install the python rpm package, it fails because it’s looking > for (7) dependencies listed below. The dependencies listed do seem to exist > on the server, and I have also successfully installed the openssl-0.9.8zg > package on the server. > > Has anyone successfully installed Python 2.7 on AIX, and if so, did you need > to remediate any of these dependencies?
I have absolutely no experience with AIX. However, I can tell you that none of the 'dependencies' listed below are absolutely necessary. > libcrypto.a(libcrypto.so.0.9.8) is needed by python-2.7.5-1 This is used by the hashlib module (and possibly _ssl; I'm not sure). > libexpat.a(libexpat.so.1) is needed by python-2.7.5-1 This is used in the xml package. > libgdbm.a(libgdbm.so.3) is needed by python-2.7.5-1 Used in the dbm package. > libreadline.a(libreadline.so.6) is needed by python-2.7.5-1 Used in the REPL and readline module. > libssl.a(libssl.so.0.9.8) is needed by python-2.7.5-1 Used in _ssl. > libtcl8.4.so is needed by python-2.7.5-1 > libtk8.4.so is needed by python-2.7.5-1 Used by Tkinter. So without those dependencies, those modules won't work, but everything else will. You may have better luck building Python yourself, and you'll get a much newer Python that way. We have an AIX buildbot that may be able to teach you a bit from the logs: configure: http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/PPC64%20AIX%202.7/builds/1237/steps/configure/logs/stdio compile: http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/PPC64%20AIX%202.7/builds/1237/steps/compile/logs/stdio Hope this helps, -- Zach -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
