Python Installation error on Solaris-9-SPARC

[Madhu R. Vajrala]

I did...

1. wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/Python-2.4.1.tgz

2. gunzip -c Python-2.4.1.tgz | tar xvf -

the above step errors:
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tar: directory checksum error
gunzip: stdout: Broken pipe
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3. Later.... in ./configure step...
 This step also fails...(I did run this by ignoring the checksum error
in the previous step).

checking for build directories... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile.pre
config.status: creating Modules/Setup.config
**config.status: error: cannot find input file:
Modules/Setup.config.in**
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Thank You,
madhu