I'm having the same issues with the zlib from repositories on feisty. I tried reinstalling the zlib package and also python-minimal (where zlib.so is located) Python 2.4 imports zlib just fine.
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May 2 2007, 16:56:35) [GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import zlib Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport_python_hook.py", line 30, in apport_excepthook import apport.report, apport.fileutils File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport/__init__.py", line 1, in <module> from apport.report import Report File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport/report.py", line 20, in <module> from problem_report import ProblemReport File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/problem_report.py", line 15, in <module> import bz2, zlib, base64, time, UserDict, sys, gzip ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/zlib.so: undefined symbol: inflateCopy Original exception was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/zlib.so: undefined symbol: inflateCopy >>> ** Changed in: python2.5 (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- zlib module broken in python 2.5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/126793 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs