Runtime Error

[Sebastian]

Hi all,

I am new to python and I don't know how to fix this error. I only try to 
execute python (or a cgi script) and I get an ouptu like

[...]
'import site' failed; traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 513, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 496, in main
known_paths = addsitepackages(known_paths)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 288, in addsitepackages
addsitedir(sitedir, known_paths)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 185, in addsitedir
addpackage(sitedir, name, known_paths)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 155, in addpackage
exec line
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 185, in addsitedir
addpackage(sitedir, name, known_paths)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 155, in addpackage
exec line
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 185, in addsitedir
addpackage(sitedir, name, known_paths)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 155, in addpackage
exec line
[...]
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 185, in addsitedir
addpackage(sitedir, name, known_paths)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 155, in addpackage
exec line
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 175, in addsitedir
sitedir, sitedircase = makepath(sitedir)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 76, in makepath
dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(*paths))
RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded


What is going wrong with my python install? What do I have to change?

Thanks,
Sebastian
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