<span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">My ISP (Bluehost) does not yet support <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-repeat:initial initial">Python</span> version 3, but gave me shell access (no sudo) so that I can install Python 3 myself on my server account (running Apache). So I uploaded the standard Python.org installation package (<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-repeat:initial initial">Python</span> 3.2.1 for Linux) and followed instructions, starting with ./configure. These instructions had worked for me before, to install Python3 on a Linux netbook.<div>
<br></div><div>But on the server, ./configure starts fine, but later stops with an error. Here is the section of the output where the error occurred:</div><div><div><b>checking for build directories... done</b></div><div>
<b>configure: creating ./config.status</b></div>
<div><b>config.status: creating Makefile.pre</b></div><div><b>config.status: creating Modules/Setup.config</b></div><div><b>config.status: error: cannot find input file: `Misc/<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-repeat:initial initial">python</span>.<a href="http://pc.in" target="_blank">pc.in</a>'</b></div>
<div><br></div><div>Then the ./configure step stopped. Needless to say, the next step, Make, did not work because there was no Makefile.</div><div><br></div><div>Others have received the same message, in different contexts. But I haven't found a solution.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Two action items:</div><div><br></div><div>* For the <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-repeat:initial initial">Python</span> community, it would help to fix this problem in the standard Python distribution, if possible. People do want to run Python3 on more servers. I could help by testing the fix to see if the Python3 install now works.</div>
<div><br></div><div>* Meanwhile I'd appreciate any advice on a temporary fix (such as changing the configure file, or where to find a package that I could install on the server before installing Python3). All I need for now is the most basic installation, to support CGI and Web forms.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>John</div></span><br>-- <br>John S. James<br>
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