[Spambayes] Problem installing on Linux

[Peter Barker]

Thanks Tony,

I could not find the file in any of the rpm packages distributed with
Mandrake 10.2 (there is no python-devel package). There are some
distutils installed, but no config directory. They must have decided it
wasn't important!!!!

Copying the spambayes and scripts directories and setting PYTHONPATH
worked fine though, as long as I set it in .procmailrc (not just
.bash_profile). I was upgrading from version 1.0, and am using the same
.hammiedb I was using previously, and just had to modify my configuration
file (.spambayesrc) to suit the new version.

Peter Barker

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Tony Meyer wrote:

> > I have downloaded version 1.1a1, which I want to use with
> > procmail. When I run:
> > python setup.py install
> > I get a message:
> > running install
> > error: invalid Python installation: unable to open
> > /usr/lib/python2.4/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
> >
> > I am running Mandrake, with python 2.4 (my python rpm is
> > python-2.4-5mdk).
>
> You might need a "python devel" package.  Many linux distributions put
> distutils in a separate "development" package of Python (which is pretty
> stupid IMO).
>
> [...]
> > Can I just copy the required files manually? If so, what files (or
> > directories) are needed to use spambayes with procmail?
>
> You don't need to use distutils, no.  Put the spambayes directory (the one
> with __init__.py in it) anywhere you like, and make sure that Python can
> find it.  The easiest way to do that is make sure that the path to is in the
> environment variable PYTHONPATH.  Then all you need is whatever scripts you
> plan on running (e.g. sb_filter and sb_mboxtrain) and you can run them from
> wherever you like.
>
> =Tony.Meyer
>
>