[Zope] Installing a 2nd Distro

[Dieter Maurer]

beno wrote at 2003-3-30 13:44 -0400:
 > ....
 > Zope first complained (while compiling) that it couldn't find file
 > 
 > /usr/local/bin/python2.2/config/Makefile.pre.in
 > 
 > Indeed, there was no such file. But there *was* such a file here:
 > 
 > /usr/local/bin/Python-2.2.2/Makefile.pre.in
 > 
 > so I created a symbolic link (didn't figure it would hurt any ;) Now I get 
 > this error:
 > 
 > Compiling extensions in lib/python
 > cp /usr/local/lib/python2.2/config/Makefile.pre.in .
 > make -f Makefile.pre.in boot PYTHON=/usr/local/bin/python
 > make: *** No rule to make target `boot'.  Stop.

Apparently, your "Makefile.pre.in" is not the right one.

Usually, you must install the development package of Python
to get it or generate Python from source.


Dieter