On 3/19/06, Jure Pečar pegasus@nerv.eu.org wrote:
Hi all,
Has anyone sucessfully compiled python 2.4.2 on centos 4.2 x86_64? I'm trying with soon-to-be fc5 source rpm and it wants to convice me it doesn't know about libX11, but it is there:
Seems people want to go down this hellish road for some reason I have yet to understand.
Messing with python can make your system angry and can affect many other packages like rpm and yum, so proceed with caution and backups.
You can use pyvault if you absolutely need updated python packages, or you may want to consider building in /opt/ so as not to conflict with current system packages. Of the two, I think pyvault may be the safer option, but have backups anyway. Have I stressed the point about backups?
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