[pypy-dev] newbie needs pypy setup help

[exarkun at twistedmatrix.com]

On 12:32 am, tom_roche at pobox.com wrote:
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>Tom Roche Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:17:34 -0400
>>>>my current ubuntu
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>>>>me at it:~$ lsb_release -ds
>>>> > Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS  # yes, I am planning to upgrade Real Soon Now
>>>>me at it:~$ uname -rv
>>>> > 2.6.32-33-generic #70-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 7 21:13:52 UTC 2011
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>>>>is too down-level to install the available pypy RPM, so I instead
>>>>[downloaded and installed]
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>>>>URI="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-1.5-linux64.tar.bz2"
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>Dan Stromberg Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:15:08 -0700
>>>Any particular reason not to use the tarball on the pypy website?
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>That is in fact the "Linux binary (64bit)" from
>http://pypy.org/download.html#default-with-a-jit-compiler
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>Maciej Fijalkowski Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:31:47 +0200
>>I have a bit no idea how those RPMs are built,
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>Again, please note: I could not use the RPM, so instead used the 
>tarball.

Just unpack the tarball.  Don't do all that copying of stuff.

Jean-Paul