How to install python on clean RH7.1 install

[Grant Edwards]

On Sun, 24 Jun 2001 13:43:55 GMT, Ken <ken_chiba at hotmail.com> wrote:

>As to compiling the src rpm, I tried that - with less success than the
>RPM.  It burns through compiling for about 5 minutes (P233MMX, 64mb),
>and then you see a LOT of "unrecognized file type" messages fly by,
>and eventually, the compile fails.
>
>Any other ideas?

Grab the sources.

$ tar xzvf Python-2.1.tgz
$ cd Python-2.1
$ ./configure
$ make 
(su root)
# make install


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