From 2dcec0c86d567ced8b930bec09e067d7cf68e6e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 01:59:23 +0000 Subject: Quick build: clarify that you have to do "make install" as root; OS info: add info about Red Hat's python and python2. --- README | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index e34befc..04a6b1a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ If you don't read instructions Congratulations on getting this far. :-) To start building right away (on UNIX): type "./configure" in the -current directory and when it finishes, type "make". The section -`Build Instructions' below is still recommended reading, especially -the part on customizing Modules/Setup. +current directory and when it finishes, type "make". This creates an +executable "./python"; to install in /usr/local, first do "su root" +and then "make install". + +The section `Build Instructions' below is still recommended reading, +especially the part on customizing Modules/Setup. What is Python anyway? @@ -245,6 +248,13 @@ Linux: A problem with threads and fork() was tracked down to a bug in Modules/Setup, or comment out the crypt module in the same file. Most modern Linux systems use glibc2. +Red Hat Linux: There's an executable /usr/bin/python which is Python + 1.5.2 on most Red Hat installations; several key Red Hat tools + require this version. Python 2.1.x may be installed as + /usr/bin/python2. The Makefile installs Python as + /usr/local/bin/python, which may or may not take precedence + over /usr/bin/python, depending on how you have set up $PATH. + FreeBSD 3.x and probably platforms with NCurses that use libmytinfo or similar: When using cursesmodule, the linking is not done in the correct order with the defaults. Remove "-ltermcap" from -- cgit v0.12