Python Installation error on Solaris-9-SPARC

[Madhu R. Vajrala]

This TIP worked GREAT !!! I was able to install python-2.4.1 on Sun
Solaris by executing below steps ( I am not a 'root' user)

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

2. gunzip Python-2.4.1.tgz

3. /usr/sfw/bin/gtar -xvf Python-2.4.1.tar

5. cd Python-2.4.1

6. ./configure --prefix=/home/<username>/Py (The directory in which you
wanted to install Python libraries and binaries)

7. make 

8. make install

Once again Thank you All for educating me.
Madhu




On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 10:56 -0700, casevh at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> Madhu R. Vajrala wrote:
> >
> > 2. gunzip -c Python-2.4.1.tgz | tar xvf -
> >
> 
> Use gtar. The Solaris tar does not hnadle long file names correctly.
> gtar should be found in /usr/sfw/bin.
> 
> cvh
>