Building Python 2.5.6 on Ubuntu Natty

[Ricardo Bánffy]

Hi folks.

Has anyone succeeded in building Python 2.5.6 from sources in Ubuntu
Natty? I installed all the build dependencies and keep getting

running build_ext
/usr/include/sqlite3.h: version 3.7.4
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./setup.py", line 1545, in <module>
main()
File "./setup.py", line 1540, in main
'Lib/smtpd.py']
File "/tmp/Python-2.5.6/Lib/distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup
File "/tmp/Python-2.5.6/Lib/distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_commands
File "/tmp/Python-2.5.6/Lib/distutils/dist.py", line 994, in run_command
File "/tmp/Python-2.5.6/Lib/distutils/command/build.py", line 112, in run
File "/root/Python-2.5.6/Lib/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
del help[cmd]
File "/tmp/Python-2.5.6/Lib/distutils/dist.py", line 994, in run_command
File "/tmp/Python-2.5.6/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 290, in run
File "./setup.py", line 97, in build_extensions
self.detect_modules()
File "./setup.py", line 810, in detect_modules
sqlite_libdir = [os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sqlite_libfile))]
File "/root/Python-2.5.6/Lib/posixpath.py", line 119, in dirname
return split(p)[0]
File "/root/Python-2.5.6/Lib/posixpath.py", line 77, in split
i = p.rfind('/') + 1
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'rfind'
make: *** [sharedmods] Error 1

when I do "make test" and

Compiling /opt/python2.5/lib/python2.5/zipfile.py ...
make: *** [libinstall] Error 1

when I do "make install"

Any ideas?

Is there any "official-ish" advice on how to develop for GAE under
Ubuntu Natty? Has anyone successfully compiled 2.5.6 under Natty?

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[Ernesto Oltra]

There is a repository of old python releases for several ubuntu versions. It's prebuilt, so you don't have to worry about compiling and installing:

  http://kovshenin.com/archives/installing-python-2-5-on-ubuntu-linux-10-10/

[Danilo Penna Queiroz]

Hello all,

I maintain a ubuntu repository with python2.5, eclipse pydev plugin, and the GAE sdk, both python and java. All packages are ready to go just by using apt-get. 

The python's version is 2.5.5. In truth, it's the same package that Ernesto has posted here, i've just copied it to a unique repository.

https://launchpad.net/~daniloqueiroz/+archive/dev?field.series_filter=natty

[Ricardo Bánffy]

That's great to hear. Thank you both Ernesto and Danilo for the help.

I borked my own Natty once trying to shoehorn 2.5 on it and wasn't
very happy with the idea of risking it again.

BTW, the build issue should be solved. It's not like the latest Ubuntu
release and Google's App Engine are obscure things. If someone from
python-devel happens to read this list, I'd be more than happy to help
if someone could point me the way.

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[Andrew Ferk]

For now, you can modify line 804 by changing 'lib' to 'lib32'.

It looks like with Ubuntu, /usr/lib64 is a symbolic link to /usr/lib.  In line 802-809 of setup.py, sqlite3 is searched for in /usr/lib64 and /usr/lib (the same directories).  The sqlite3 library is in /usr/lib32.

I hope this helps.

[Johan Euphrosine]

Hi Danilo,

Thanks a lot for sharing and maintaining this repository.

Feel free to advertise to the group when you are uploading new
packages versions. I'm sure Ubuntu users will appreciate this.

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[Awin Abi]

Refer to: http://99blues.dyndns.org/blog/2011/06/install_python_2-5/

after the ./configure open your Makefile and find the line with
LDFLAGS =

edit to LDFLAGS = -L/usr/lib//x86_64-linux-gnu

and make

Worked for me in Natty11.04 amd64