I need to install several Python modules on a RHEL where I don't have root access. At least one of the modules also needs access to Python.h.
In this case I find that the best thing is to install python and it dependencies in ~/local. It usually just works, but this time Python fails to build the SSL module (see details below). Here's the trace of what I'm doing.
So I downloaded python 6 source and off I went:
./configure --prefix=/home/fds/rms/local
make >& make.log
An inspection to log reveals that ssl module has not been compiled, but there is no mention of the cause (no other occurence of ssl in make or configure):
Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules:
_bsddb _curses _curses_panel
_hashlib _sqlite3 _ssl <----------
So I figure, python is not finding any ssl library at all (which is strange, but hey...). So I download openssl-0.9.8r and
./config --prefix=/home/fds/rms/local shared
make
make install
Now back to Python, I ./configure and make again. It fails, but this time it's different:
Failed to build these modules:
_hashlib _ssl
A closer inspection to the log file reveals this:
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/home/fds/rms/installers/Python-2.6.6/Modules/_ssl.o -L/home/fds/rms/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lssl -lcrypto -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/_ssl.so
*** WARNING: renaming "_ssl" since importing it failed: libssl.so.0.9.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
So now it's picking up the library but not quite getting it right (the file is there where is should be):
$ find /home/fds/rms/local -iname libssl.so.0.9.8
/home/fds/rms/local/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8
Next thing is tracing make and see where is i