Installation Problem

[Fredrik Lundh]

Marshall Dudley wrote:
> I am trying to install python, but am having problems.  I did what the
> README file said, and it created an executible code in the current
> directory as it said it would when I typed "make".

"make" doesn't install the interpreter by itself; you're supposed to use 
"make install" (or "make altinstall") to do that.

just copying the interpreter binary around won't give you a complete 
install.

 > It seemed to say to copy the executable over to the /usr/local
 > directory, which I did.

the README says:

   To start building right away (on UNIX): type "./configure" in the
   current directory and when it finishes, type "make".  This creates an
   executable "./python"; to install in /usr/local, first do "su root"
   and then "make install".

the detailed installation section says:

   To install the Python binary, library modules, shared library modules
   (see below), include files, configuration files, and the manual page,
   just type

         make install

    /.../

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