python2.1 and RedHat7.1

[Tom Dunham]

Has anyone who installed in this way tried "import socket"?
(I get a library can't be found error)

Cheers,
Tom

Michael Ackerman <ack at nethere.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.993885826.30310.python-list at python.org>...
> The version asked for is the same as is in my directory.  And doing rpm
> -qf reveals that both files came from the rpm for openssl-0.0.6-3. So I
> don't understand what's wrong.  However, installing python with
> "--nodeps" seems to be okay.  Thanks for your help.   
>                                 Michael Ackerman
> 
> "Nils O. Selåsdal" wrote:
> > 
> > "Michael Ackerman" <ack at nethere.com> wrote in message
> > news:mailman.993580729.681.python-list at python.org...
> > > Hello.
> > > I tried to install the python2.1 rpm for RedHat7.0 on my 7.1 system
>  but
> > > got a
> > > "failed dependency" message saying that it wants:
> > > libcrypto.so.0.9.6, libssl.so.0.9.6
> > > But these files are present, in /usr/lib. So what's going on?
> > > Any help will be appreciated.
> > And the version (0.9.6) asked for is the same as in your directory?
> > Then the libraries havent been installed with RPM, rpm dont check the
> > filesystem
> > only its database.
> > do: rpm -ivh python* --nodeps
> > 
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