[XML-SIG] PyXML and python 2.1

Peter Robins pr@peterrobins.co.uk
Sat, 17 Nov 2001 10:28:47 +0000


On Friday 16 Nov 2001 5:30 pm, Martin v. Loewis wrote:
> > Am having problems trying to install PyXML on Python 2.1 (2.1.1-3mdk
> > installed as part of Mandrake 8.1 to be absolutely
> > precise). Binaries get installed in /usr/lib/python2.0 and don't
> > seem to be picked up properly.
>
> When you say "Binaries", what exactly do you mean? Do you download
> pre-compiled binaries from somewhere? If so, wherefrom?

the file PyXML-0.6.6-2.0.i386.rpm from sourceforge

> > When I try and build from the source using 'python setup.py install'
> > I get
> >
> > warning: build_py: package init file 'xml/__init__.py' not found (or
> > not a regular file) error: package directory 'xml/dom' does not
> > exist
>
> When you invoke "python", what Python version do you get? Can you
> please report the full output that "python setup.py install" produces?

Python 2.1.1 (#1, Aug 30 2001, 17:36:05)
[GCC 2.96 20000731 (Mandrake Linux 8.1 2.96-0.61mdk)] on linux-i386

running install
running build
running build_py
warning: build_py: package init file 'xml/__init__.py' not found (or not a 
regular file)
error: package directory 'xml/dom' does not exist