Newbie : Installing Python locally in acct on shared server
Chris Gonnerman
chris.gonnerman at newcenturycomputers.net
Sun Dec 2 19:07:04 EST 2001
Ahh... I just realized you aren't giving the web server
the correct headers. Try this:
--------------------------------------------
#!/home/luser/bin/python
import sys
print "Content-type: text/plain\n"
print "path has", len(sys.path), "members"
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and let me know what happens...
----- Original Message -----
From: "brian donovan" <usenet at lophty.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
To: <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: Newbie : Installing Python locally in acct on shared server
> Hi Chris,
>
> Yes, the below should work, but it doesn't. :( I just did the steps as
> outlined below and I'm getting the same bizarre result as previously. A
> helloworld script composed of a few print statements and ointed at my
> install executes without a hitch, but importing a module causes a "500
> Internal Server Error". :/
>
> I tested with a number of extremely simple scripts using different
> modules. An example :
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> #!/home/luser/bin/python
>
> import sys
>
> print "path has", len(sys.path), "members"
> ---------------------------------
>
> another
>
> ---------------------------------
> #!/home/luser/bin/python
>
> import base64
>
> MESSAGE = "life of brian"
> data = base64.encodestring(MESSAGE)
>
> original_data = base64.decodestring(data)
>
> print "original : ", repr(MESSAGE)
> print "encoded data : ", repr(data)
> print "decoded data : ", repr(original_data)
> ---------------------------------
>
>
> Any ideas? The installation went off seemingly without a hitch. and
> everything seems to physically be "there", but scripts that import a
> module die.
>
> -brian
>
> Chris Gonnerman wrote:
>
> > HMMMM...
> >
> > First, I'd recommend
> >
> > ./configure --prefix=/home/luser
> > make
> > make test
> > make install
> >
> > Make sure any script you write has
> >
> > #!/home/luser/bin/python
> >
> > at the top.
> >
> > This really should work...
>
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