python 6 compilation failure on RHEL

Mon Aug 20 13:12:05 EDT 2012

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Ganesh Reddy K <ganeshreddyk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> We are trying python 2.6 installation on an RHEL PC ,
>
> whose 'uname -a' is (Linux  2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:41:38
> EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux )
>
>
> But, python compilation is not successfully done and showing a failure
> log.  Below is the capture  of the same. Please see failure log shown
> in the bottom of this mail.
> How to solve the failure modules  mentioned in the log ( bsddb185,
> dl ,  imageop, sunaudiodev )
>
> Please guide me to proceed further.
>
> ============== capture begin =================================
> cd   Python- 2.6.6
>
> # ./configure
> checking for --enable-universalsdk... no
> checking for --with-universal-archs... 32-bit
> checking MACHDEP... linux2
> checking EXTRAPLATDIR...
> checking machine type as reported by uname -m... x86_64
> checking for --without-gcc... no
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
> checking for --with-cxx-main=<compiler>... no
> checking for g++... g++
> configure: WARNING:
>
>   By default, distutils will build C++ extension modules with "g++".
>   If this is not intended, then set CXX on the configure command line.
>
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking for sys/types.h... yes
> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
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> checking minix/config.h usability... no
> checking minix/config.h presence... no
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> checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
> checking for --with-suffix...
> checking for case-insensitive build directory... no
> checking LIBRARY... libpython$(VERSION).a
> checking LINKCC... $(PURIFY) $(MAINCC)
> checking for --enable-shared... no
> checking for --enable-profiling...
> checking LDLIBRARY... libpython$(VERSION).a
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for ar... ar
> checking for svnversion... found
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking for --with-pydebug... no
> checking whether gcc accepts -fno-strict-aliasing... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -OPT:Olimit=0... no
> checking whether gcc accepts -Olimit 1500... no
> checking whether gcc supports ParseTuple __format__... no
> checking whether pthreads are available without options... no
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> checking whether gcc accepts -Kthread... no
> checking whether gcc accepts -pthread... yes
> checking whether g++ also accepts flags for thread support... yes
> checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
> checking asm/types.h usability... yes
> checking asm/types.h presence... yes
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> checking curses.h presence... yes
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> checking pthread.h usability... yes
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> checking termios.h presence... yes
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> checking utime.h presence... yes
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> checking sys/audioio.h presence... no
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> checking return type of signal handlers... void
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> checking size of pthread_t... 8
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> checking for dyld... no
> checking SO... .so
> checking LDSHARED... $(CC) -shared
> checking CCSHARED... -fPIC
> checking LINKFORSHARED... -Xlinker -export-dynamic
> checking CFLAGSFORSHARED...
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> checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
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> checking for library containing sem_init... -lpthread
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> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating Makefile.pre
> config.status: creating Modules/Setup.config
> config.status: creating pyconfig.h
> creating Modules/Setup
> creating Modules/Setup.local
> creating Makefile
> [root at 117mc214 Python-2.6.6]# make
> ..
> .
> /Modules/_ctypes/malloc_closure.o
> build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/prep_cif.o
> build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/x86/ffi64.o
> build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/x86/unix64.o
> build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/x86/ffi.o
> build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/x86/sysv.o
> -L/usr/local/lib -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/_ctypes.so
>
> Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules:
> bsddb185           dl                 imageop
> sunaudiodev
> To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for
> the module's name.
>
> running build_scripts
> creating build/scripts-2.6
> copying and adjusting /home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Tools/scripts/pydoc ->
> build/scripts-2.6
> copying and adjusting /home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Tools/scripts/idle ->
> build/scripts-2.6
> copying and adjusting /home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Tools/scripts/2to3 ->
> build/scripts-2.6
> copying and adjusting /home/b38514/Python-2.6.6/Lib/smtpd.py ->
> build/scripts-2.6
> changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/pydoc from 644 to 755
> changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/idle from 644 to 755
> changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/2to3 from 644 to 755
> changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/smtpd.py from 644 to 755
>
> [root at 117mc214 Python-2.6.6]#
> ============== capture end  ====================
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Do you really need to compile python2.6?  RHEL has packages for
python, and it's better to use pre-compiled packages rather than
compile them yourself.  Also, 2.6 is an old version that you should
not be using 99% of the time.

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