Hello, I am trying to build python 2.6 on a machine (web server) that I do not have root access to. (has 2.4 installed)
Python 2.5 builds fine, but I am getting an error when I run "make" for 2.6.1. Here is the command line I am using: ../configure -prefix=/home/username/local-python/ --enable-unicode=ucs4 (I don't know exactly what the ucs4 thing is for, but all the HOWTOs I saw say to use it. Is it good practice? Anyway, i get the same error either way.) Here is what the existing python reports itself as: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jul 29 2007, 14:09:31) [GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-8)] on linux2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here is the error after I run "make": ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [SNIP] /home/username/local-src/Python-2.6.1/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c:3941: error: syntax error before '*' token /home/username/local-src/Python-2.6.1/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c:3942: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype /home/username/local-src/Python-2.6.1/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c: In function `CFuncPtr_nonzero': /home/username/local-src/Python-2.6.1/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c:3943: error: `self' undeclared (first use in this function) Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules: _tkinter bsddb185 sunaudiodev To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for the module's name. Failed to build these modules: _ctypes running build_script ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am guessing that I don't need tkinter or sunaudiodev, but what about the others? What's the fix for this sort of thing? I do see via google some other folks are having the same issue, but I could find a solution. Thanks :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list