viewcvs install error on solaris

[Jack J. Woehr]

bva wrote:

> Hello,
>
> While trying to install viewcvs on a solaris 5.9 machine I get the
> following error message:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "./viewcvs-install", line 35, in ?
>      import compat
>    File "./lib/compat.py", line 20, in ?
>      import urllib
>    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/urllib.py", line 26, in ?
>      import socket
>    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/socket.py", line 41, in ?
>      from _socket import *
> ImportError: No module named _socket
>
> Python is installed on the machine.  Can anybody tell me what I'm doing
> wrong or what I've forgotten?
>

Apparently, there's a module named "socket" that you don't have installed.


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