[SOLVED] Python 2.6 installation problems

[turner9929]

:confused:
Hey! im not sure if im posting this in the right place...sorry if its wrong :)

Im trying to install Python 2.6 into HardyHeronLTS and am having some problems. I have downloaded and unzipped the files into /usr/bin/Python-2.6 and, following the instructions in the README tried to go:

sudo ./configure

I get the following mesage:

checking for --with-universal-archs... 32-bit
checking MACHDEP... linux2
checking EXTRAPLATDIR...
checking machine type as reported by uname -m... i686
checking for --without-gcc... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name...
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

The 'config.log' doesnt really tell me much...but then I dont really know what Im looking for.

Any ideas? im all out! but then, i am quite new to all this! :lolflag:

thanks
:guitar:

[taurus]

You need to install the build-essential package first before you can build anything from source.


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential

[turner9929]

:) awesome! thanks