Python2.2 Installation

[Adam Przybyla]

Joel Bender <jjb5 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> I downloaded and almost installed Python 2.2 from the Python-2.2.tgz 
> release on SF by doing the 'usual "gunzip; tar; configure; make" dance'.  
> I now have a Python-2.2 directory which seems to work by itself.

> Now I'm trying to add the pyserial-1.12 extensions by using distutils 
> and getting the following error:

>    distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python 
> installation: unable to open /usr/local/lib/python2.2/config/Makefile 
> (No such file or directory)

> So how do I complete the installation so that Python2.2 is at least in 
> /usr/bin?  How do I replace the 1.5.2 installation that came 
> preinstalled (which is in /bin)?
	try:
/path/to/your/new/python2 setup.py build
/path/to/your/new/python2 setup.py install
Regards
								Adam Przybyla