[Zope] Zope Install on Red Hat questions

[michel@digicool.com]

Michael Stearns <michael@datahost.com> writes:

> Hello:
> 
> I am new to Linux and Zope. I am trying to install the 2.x src. (The
> zope.org site indicated that a binary was available, but I didn't see
> it.)
> 
> I installed Red Hat 5.2. Then I installed the rpm version of Python
> 1.5.2. (I had some problems with installing on top of the existing
> version of Python, but I did a  -replacepkgs and then it seemed to
> install ok.)
> 
> When I run  %python wo_pcgi.py, I get this:
>  .
> .
> 
> Compiling extensions in lib/python
> cp /usr/lib/python1.5/config/Makefile.pre.in .
> cp: /usr/lib/python1.5/config/Makefile.pre.in: No such file or directory
> 
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "wo_pcgi.py", line 100, in ?
>   File "/downloads/Zope-2.0.0a4-src/build_extensions.py", line 96, in
>     make('lib','python')
>   File "/downloads/Zope-2.0.0a4-src/do.py", line 113, in make
>     do("cp %s ." % wheres_Makefile_pre_in())
>   File "/downloads/Zope-2.0.0a4-src/do.py", line 99, in do
>     if i and picky: raise SystemError, i
> SystemError: 256
> 

You also need the Python dev RPM, alternativly you could d/l the
python source and compile and install your own.  Don't forget the
'--with-threads' to the pyhton 'configure' script if you compile your
own.

-Michel