On May 10, 2014 8:00 PM, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 07:33:28PM -0400, David wrote: > > BLFS clearly says that the configuration of MesaLib will fail if the python > > libxml2 module is not installed, but it doesn't say how to install it. > > I went through the configuration for libxml2 and Python3 without a problem, > > but when I configure MesaLib it fails with the error: > > > > "checking python module: libxml2... no" > > > > I have tried re-configuring and installing libxml2 and added > > --with-python=/usr/bin and --with-python=/usr/bin/python3 but MesaLib > > continues to fail at the same point. Is there an actual module that I need > > to install or something? > > > > I find it hard to believe that I am the first person to run into this. > > Apologies for a terse answer - I'm in a new system without my > normal desktop and I can't easily read the book (links doesn't count > for 'easily', firefox, even with the new interface in 29, is so much > easier. Any package that says python means python-2. I know that > various distros have "standardised" on python3, and they carry a > shed-load of patches to fix some of the resulting breakage. > > The simple answer is to build python-2. In my own builds, I only > build any python because of its use as a dependency : I've no > intention of learning to use a scripting language where whitespace > is important. On my normal desktop [ somewhat small, I don't use > any desktop environment ] the only reason I build python3 is for > libreoffice. > > ĸen > -- > das eine Mal als Tragödie, dieses Mal als Farce > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Yes, thanks again, Ken. I'm making progress again. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
