> On Feb 3, 7:30 pm, andrew cooke <and...@acooke.org> wrote: > > > the exact details of what you are reporting seem a bit odd, but i have > > seen a similar error because i have tried to use my own account to > > install the package, instead of using root. > > > what i believe happens is that easy_install first tries to create the > > "test" file, and then checks it is there. if it is not there, you get > > an error. normally the error explains that you need to run as root, > > but i assume in your case it doesn't - that seems odd, but it seemed > > worth mentioning anyway. > > > so if you have not done so, instead of > > > python setup.py install > > > do > > > sudo python setup.py install > > > more generally, i have used opensuse 11.0 and 11.1, and generally > > things work just fine, so i would check you are following all the > > instructions correctly. > > > good luck, > > andrew
Well, finally it worked. I even uninstalled python and all related stuff with yast2, installed it all again, then wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py su /path/to/python ez_setup.py and I got the same error: a certain file could not be created, and /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/ does not exist. Well, I just created them manually (/usr/local/lib was empty) and it worked. When I tried to use easy_install for mnemosyne, I got the same error _but_ this time I was told about running as root (I did it from another terminal). Now I got it installed (still not working, something called qt) but the python installation problem is solved. Thank you very much to all those who contributed. Regards, David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
