New 2 Pythom - Library question !

[Gerhard Häring]

Ian Pellew <ipellew at pipemedia.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> I am new to python so a Question:-
> 
> I have just installed python_2_21 into Solaris 8 on a Netra.
> 
> Trying to run the cgi.py example program and I get:-
> python cgi.py                            
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "cgi.py", line 39, in ?
>     import urllib
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.1/urllib.py", line 26, in ?
>     import socket
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.1/socket.py", line 41, in ?
>     from _socket import *
> ImportError: ld.so.1: python: fatal: libssl.so.0.9.6: open failed: No
> such file or directory
> "
> 
> Suggestions please.

Have you installed Python from a package? e. g. from sunfreeware.com?
Anyways, you need OpenSSL installed in order to use sockets under your
Python.

At the place you got Python from there will probably also be an OpenSSL
package available.

-- Gerhard