[Twisted-Python] can't get twisted to install on SunOS...

Jp Calderone exarkun at intarweb.us
Thu Jan 15 10:14:16 EST 2004


On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 08:02:27AM -0700, Ed Hartnett wrote:
> Howdy all!
> 
> I am using twisted as part of BuildBot, to automatically test my
> software on various platforms.
> 
> One problem I am having on a couple of Suns is that twisted won't
> install. I have python 2.2.3 installed as you can see from the
> printout:
> 
> gilda.unidata.ucar.edu% python
> Python 2.2.3 (#1, Jan 13 2004, 13:54:46) [C] on sunos5
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> 
> 
> bash-2.03# pwd
> /home/ed/downloads/Twisted-1.1.1
> bash-2.03# python setup.py install
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "setup.py", line 43, in ?
>     from twisted import copyright
>   File "twisted/__init__.py", line 23, in ?
>     from python import compat
>   File "twisted/python/compat.py", line 27, in ?
>     import sys, types, socket, struct, __builtin__, exceptions
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/socket.py", line 41, in ?
>     from _socket import *
> ImportError: No module named _socket
> 
> 
> What's the deal here? Any suggestions for getting Twisted working on
> these suns?


  Does "python -c 'import socket'" raise the same exception?  I'm guessing
it does, in which case this indicates a problem with the Python install. 
Without the socket module, Twisted can't do a heck of a lot.

  Jp
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