python 6 compilation failure on RHEL

Mon Aug 20 13:20:03 EDT 2012

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:12:05 +0200, Kwpolska wrote:

> 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 checking for stdlib.h... yes
>> checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for
>> strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for
>> stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking minix/config.h
>> usability... no checking minix/config.h presence... no checking for
>> minix/config.h... no 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 checking whether
>> gcc accepts -Kpthread... no 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 checking for asm/types.h... yes checking
>> conio.h usability... no checking conio.h presence... no checking for
>> conio.h... no checking curses.h usability... yes checking curses.h
>> presence... yes checking for curses.h... yes checking direct.h
>> usability... no checking direct.h presence... no checking for
>> direct.h... no checking dlfcn.h usability... yes checking dlfcn.h
>> presence... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking errno.h
>> usability... yes checking errno.h presence... yes checking for
>> errno.h... yes checking fcntl.h usability... yes checking fcntl.h
>> presence... yes checking for fcntl.h... yes checking grp.h usability...
>> yes checking grp.h presence... yes checking for grp.h... yes checking
>> ieeefp.h usability... no checking ieeefp.h presence... no checking for
>> ieeefp.h... no checking io.h usability... no checking io.h presence...
>> no checking for io.h... no checking langinfo.h usability... yes
>> checking langinfo.h presence... yes checking for langinfo.h... yes
>> checking libintl.h usability... yes checking libintl.h presence... yes
>> checking for libintl.h... yes checking ncurses.h usability... yes
>> checking ncurses.h presence... yes checking for ncurses.h... yes
>> checking poll.h usability... yes checking poll.h presence... yes
>> checking for poll.h... yes checking process.h usability... no checking
>> process.h presence... no checking for process.h... no checking
>> pthread.h usability... yes checking pthread.h presence... yes checking
>> for pthread.h... yes checking shadow.h usability... yes checking
>> shadow.h presence... yes checking for shadow.h... yes checking signal.h
>> usability... yes checking signal.h presence... yes checking for
>> signal.h... yes checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes checking
>> stropts.h usability... yes checking stropts.h presence... yes checking
>> for stropts.h... yes checking termios.h usability... yes checking
>> termios.h presence... yes checking for termios.h... yes checking
>> thread.h usability... no checking thread.h presence... no checking for
>> thread.h... no checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes checking utime.h
>> usability... yes checking utime.h presence... yes checking for
>> utime.h... yes checking sys/audioio.h usability... no checking
>> sys/audioio.h presence... no checking for sys/audioio.h... no checking
>> sys/bsdtty.h usability... no checking sys/bsdtty.h presence... no
>> checking for sys/bsdtty.h... no checking sys/epoll.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/epoll.h presence... yes checking for sys/epoll.h... yes
>> checking sys/event.h usability... no checking sys/event.h presence...
>> no checking for sys/event.h... no checking sys/file.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/file.h presence... yes checking for sys/file.h... yes
>> checking sys/loadavg.h usability... no checking sys/loadavg.h
>> presence... no checking for sys/loadavg.h... no checking sys/lock.h
>> usability... no checking sys/lock.h presence... no checking for
>> sys/lock.h... no checking sys/mkdev.h usability... no checking
>> sys/mkdev.h presence... no checking for sys/mkdev.h... no checking
>> sys/modem.h usability... no checking sys/modem.h presence... no
>> checking for sys/modem.h... no checking sys/param.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/param.h presence... yes checking for sys/param.h... yes
>> checking sys/poll.h usability... yes checking sys/poll.h presence...
>> yes checking for sys/poll.h... yes checking sys/select.h usability...
>> yes checking sys/select.h presence... yes checking for sys/select.h...
>> yes checking sys/socket.h usability... yes checking sys/socket.h
>> presence... yes checking for sys/socket.h... yes checking sys/statvfs.h
>> usability... yes checking sys/statvfs.h presence... yes checking for
>> sys/statvfs.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... (cached) yes checking
>> sys/termio.h usability... no checking sys/termio.h presence... no
>> checking for sys/termio.h... no checking sys/time.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/time.h presence... yes checking for sys/time.h... yes
>> checking sys/times.h usability... yes checking sys/times.h presence...
>> yes checking for sys/times.h... yes checking for sys/types.h...
>> (cached) yes checking sys/un.h usability... yes checking sys/un.h
>> presence... yes checking for sys/un.h... yes checking sys/utsname.h
>> usability... yes checking sys/utsname.h presence... yes checking for
>> sys/utsname.h... yes checking sys/wait.h usability... yes checking
>> sys/wait.h presence... yes checking for sys/wait.h... yes checking
>> pty.h usability... yes checking pty.h presence... yes checking for
>> pty.h... yes checking libutil.h usability... no checking libutil.h
>> presence... no checking for libutil.h... no checking sys/resource.h
>> usability... yes checking sys/resource.h presence... yes checking for
>> sys/resource.h... yes checking netpacket/packet.h usability... yes
>> checking netpacket/packet.h presence... yes checking for
>> netpacket/packet.h... yes checking sysexits.h usability... yes checking
>> sysexits.h presence... yes checking for sysexits.h... yes checking
>> bluetooth.h usability... no checking bluetooth.h presence... no
>> checking for bluetooth.h... no checking bluetooth/bluetooth.h
>> usability... yes checking bluetooth/bluetooth.h presence... yes
>> checking for bluetooth/bluetooth.h... yes checking linux/tipc.h
>> usability... yes checking linux/tipc.h presence... yes checking for
>> linux/tipc.h... yes checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes
>> checking for library containing opendir... none required checking
>> whether sys/types.h defines makedev... yes checking for term.h... yes
>> checking for linux/netlink.h... yes checking for clock_t in time.h...
>> yes checking for makedev... yes checking Solaris LFS bug... no checking
>> for mode_t... yes checking for off_t... yes checking for pid_t... yes
>> checking return type of signal handlers... void checking for size_t...
>> yes checking for uid_t in sys/types.h... yes checking for ssize_t...
>> yes checking size of int... 4 checking size of long... 8 checking size
>> of void *... 8 checking size of short... 2 checking size of float... 4
>> checking size of double... 8 checking size of fpos_t... 16 checking
>> size of size_t... 8 checking size of pid_t... 4 checking for long long
>> support... yes checking size of long long... 8 checking for long double
>> support... yes checking size of long double... 16 checking for _Bool
>> support... yes checking size of _Bool... 1 checking for uintptr_t...
>> yes checking size of uintptr_t... 8 checking size of off_t... 8
>> checking whether to enable large file support... no checking size of
>> time_t... 8 checking for pthread_t... yes checking size of pthread_t...
>> 8 checking for --enable-toolbox-glue... no checking for
>> --enable-framework... no checking for dyld... no checking SO... .so
>> checking LDSHARED... $(CC) -shared checking CCSHARED... -fPIC checking
>> LINKFORSHARED... -Xlinker -export-dynamic checking CFLAGSFORSHARED...
>> checking SHLIBS... $(LIBS)
>> checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes checking for shl_load in -ldld... no
>> checking for library containing sem_init... -lpthread checking for
>> textdomain in -lintl... no checking for t_open in -lnsl... no checking
>> for socket in -lsocket... no checking for --with-libs... no checking
>> for --with-system-ffi...
>> checking for --with-signal-module... yes checking for
>> --with-dec-threads... no checking for --with-threads... yes checking if
>> PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM is supported... yes checking for
>> pthread_sigmask... yes checking if --enable-ipv6 is specified... no
>> checking for OSX 10.5 SDK or later... no checking for
>> --with-doc-strings... yes checking for --with-tsc... no checking for
>> --with-pymalloc... yes checking for --with-wctype-functions... no
>> checking for dlopen... yes checking DYNLOADFILE... dynload_shlib.o
>> checking MACHDEP_OBJS... MACHDEP_OBJS checking for alarm... yes
>> checking for setitimer... yes checking for getitimer... yes checking
>> for bind_textdomain_codeset... yes checking for chown... yes checking
>> for clock... yes checking for confstr... yes checking for ctermid...
>> yes checking for execv... yes checking for fchmod... yes checking for
>> fchown... yes checking for fork... yes checking for fpathconf... yes
>> checking for ftime... yes checking for ftruncate... yes checking for
>> gai_strerror... yes checking for getgroups... yes checking for
>> getlogin... yes checking for getloadavg... yes checking for
>> getpeername... yes checking for getpgid... yes checking for getpid...
>> yes checking for getpriority... yes checking for getpwent... yes
>> checking for getspnam... yes checking for getspent... yes checking for
>> getsid... yes checking for getwd... yes checking for kill... yes
>> checking for killpg... yes checking for lchmod... no checking for
>> lchown... yes checking for lstat... yes checking for mkfifo... yes
>> checking for mknod... yes checking for mktime... yes checking for
>> mremap... yes checking for nice... yes checking for pathconf... yes
>> checking for pause... yes checking for plock... no checking for poll...
>> yes checking for pthread_init... no checking for putenv... yes checking
>> for readlink... yes checking for realpath... yes checking for select...
>> yes checking for setegid... yes checking for seteuid... yes checking
>> for setgid... yes checking for setlocale... yes checking for
>> setregid... yes checking for setreuid... yes checking for setsid... yes
>> checking for setpgid... yes checking for setpgrp... yes checking for
>> setuid... yes checking for setvbuf... yes checking for snprintf... yes
>> checking for sigaction... yes checking for siginterrupt... yes checking
>> for sigrelse... yes checking for strftime... yes checking for
>> sysconf... yes checking for tcgetpgrp... yes checking for tcsetpgrp...
>> yes checking for tempnam... yes checking for timegm... yes checking for
>> times... yes checking for tmpfile... yes checking for tmpnam... yes
>> checking for tmpnam_r... yes checking for truncate... yes checking for
>> uname... yes checking for unsetenv... yes checking for utimes... yes
>> checking for waitpid... yes checking for wait3... yes checking for
>> wait4... yes checking for wcscoll... yes checking for _getpty... no
>> checking for chroot... yes checking for link... yes checking for
>> symlink... yes checking for fchdir... yes checking for fsync... yes
>> checking for fdatasync... yes checking for epoll... yes checking for
>> kqueue... no checking for ctermid_r... no checking for flock... yes
>> checking for getpagesize... yes checking for true... true checking for
>> inet_aton in -lc... yes checking for chflags... no checking for
>> lchflags... no checking for inflateCopy in -lz... yes checking for
>> hstrerror... yes checking for inet_aton... yes checking for
>> inet_pton... yes checking for setgroups... yes checking for openpty...
>> no checking for openpty in -lutil... yes checking for forkpty... yes
>> checking for memmove... yes checking for fseek64... no checking for
>> fseeko... yes checking for fstatvfs... yes checking for ftell64... no
>> checking for ftello... yes checking for statvfs... yes checking for
>> dup2... yes checking for getcwd... yes checking for strdup... yes
>> checking for getpgrp... yes checking for setpgrp... (cached) yes
>> checking for gettimeofday... yes checking for major... yes checking for
>> getaddrinfo... yes checking getaddrinfo bug... good checking for
>> getnameinfo... yes checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be
>> included... yes checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or
>> time.h... time.h checking for struct tm.tm_zone... yes checking for
>> struct stat.st_rdev... yes checking for struct stat.st_blksize... yes
>> checking for struct stat.st_flags... no checking for struct
>> stat.st_gen... no checking for struct stat.st_birthtime... no checking
>> for struct stat.st_blocks... yes checking for time.h that defines
>> altzone... no checking whether sys/select.h and sys/time.h may both be
>> included... yes checking for addrinfo... yes checking for
>> sockaddr_storage... yes checking whether char is unsigned... no
>> checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes checking for working
>> volatile... yes checking for working signed char... yes checking for
>> prototypes... yes checking for variable length prototypes and
>> stdarg.h... yes checking for socketpair... yes checking if sockaddr has
>> sa_len member... no checking whether va_list is an array... yes
>> checking for gethostbyname_r... yes checking gethostbyname_r with 6
>> args... yes checking for __fpu_control... yes checking for
>> --with-fpectl... no checking for --with-libm=STRING... default
>> LIBM="-lm"
>> checking for --with-libc=STRING... default LIBC=""
>> checking for x87-style double rounding... no checking whether tanh
>> preserves the sign of zero... yes checking for acosh... yes checking
>> for asinh... yes checking for atanh... yes checking for copysign... yes
>> checking for expm1... yes checking for finite... yes checking for
>> hypot... yes checking for log1p... yes checking whether isinf is
>> declared... yes checking whether isnan is declared... yes checking
>> whether isfinite is declared... yes checking wchar.h usability... yes
>> checking wchar.h presence... yes checking for wchar.h... yes checking
>> size of wchar_t... 4 checking for UCS-4 tcl... no checking whether
>> wchar_t is signed... yes checking what type to use for unicode...
>> unsigned short checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
>> checking whether right shift extends the sign bit... yes checking for
>> getc_unlocked() and friends... yes checking how to link readline
>> libs... -lreadline -lncursesw checking for rl_callback_handler_install
>> in -lreadline... yes checking for rl_pre_input_hook in -lreadline...
>> yes checking for rl_completion_display_matches_hook in -lreadline...
>> yes checking for rl_completion_matches in -lreadline... yes checking
>> for broken nice()... no checking for broken poll()... no checking for
>> struct tm.tm_zone... (cached) yes checking for working tzset()... yes
>> checking for tv_nsec in struct stat... yes checking for tv_nsec2 in
>> struct stat... no checking whether mvwdelch is an expression... yes
>> checking whether WINDOW has _flags... yes checking for
>> is_term_resized... yes checking for resize_term... yes checking for
>> resizeterm... yes checking for /dev/ptmx... yes checking for
>> /dev/ptc... no checking for %zd printf() format support... yes checking
>> for socklen_t... yes checking for build directories... done 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.

I concur, but FYI the version of Python with RHEL5 is 2.4. Still, OP 
should stick with that unless there is a pressing reason.