Problems installing Python

[Darth1970Vader]

Hi,

I have tried in vain to instally python on a 11.11 box. The error I get from swinstall is:-

The corequisite "db3.db3-RUN" for fileset
"python.python-RUN,r=2.4.3" cannot be successfully resolved.

I downloaded both the db and db3 depots from the ports site to no avail.

I don't have the space in /opt to install from the Internet Express CD since that wants to download the whole web2 bundle..

Can someone point me in the right direction please?

Thank you.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Suggestions:

1) Extend the /opt filesystem
2) swremove other unneeded packages depot from the /opt filesystem.
3) make_tape_recovery the system and restore it with a bigger /opt filesystem after using manual intervention in the recovery process.

The Internet Express version is clearly superior to what you can get on the porting site because HP actually did normal quality assurance.

SEP

[Court Campbell · Accepted solution]

It doesn't seem right that the iexpress cd would make you install the whole web2 bundle. you should be able to just select python. My only other suggestion would be to lvextend the lvol and the filesystem that /opt uses. But that assumes you have free extents in the vg and onlinejfs.

[Darth1970Vader]

Thanks for the tips so far. I don't have the 500meg+ or so space available for the whole CD and having gone through the software list there isn't much I can remove that would help.

When I go through SAM, it doesn't give me the option just to install Python from the web2 bundle, it just wants to put the entire CD onto the server..

[Court Campbell]

Dude, mount the cdrom and then run

#swinstall -s /
find python in the list, highlight it, and then go to actions install.

[Darth1970Vader]

Thanks for the pointers. I have Python installed.

[Darth1970Vader]

All I was not doing is pressing enter to enter the package contents for web2. As soo as I did that I was able to just select python.