Problem: I wanted to start learning Zope. So I did a ... $ emerge zope Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) net-zope/zope-2.6.2-r1 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) Zope-2.6.2-src.tgz * Adding group 'zope-2_6_2' to your system ... * - Groupid: next available * Adding user 'zope' to your system ... * - Userid: 261 * - Shell: /bin/bash * - Home: //usr/share/zope/ * - Groups: zope-2_6_2 * - Creating //usr/share/zope/ in /var/tmp/portage/zope-2.6.2-r1/image/ >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking Zope-2.6.2-src.tgz to /var/tmp/portage/zope-2.6.2-r1/work >>> Source unpacked. /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 91: python2.1: command not found !!! ERROR: net-zope/zope-2.6.2-r1 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 91, Exitcode 127 !!! Failed to compile. Question: Do I really have to install python2.1 ? Status: that's what I've installed $ ls -l /usr/bin/python* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 11 00:27 /usr/bin/python -> python2.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Dec 11 00:30 /usr/bin/python-config -> python-config2.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 178 Dec 11 00:29 /usr/bin/python-config2.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 178 Dec 6 23:15 /usr/bin/python-config2.3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 11 00:27 /usr/bin/python2 -> python2.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 759160 Oct 29 15:26 /usr/bin/python2.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3896 Dec 6 23:15 /usr/bin/python2.3 Try: I did $ cd /usr/bin $ ln -s python2.2 python2.1 Now Zope had been emerged but don't know if all went well (?) btw. $ emerge info Portage 2.0.49-r18 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.0-test11) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.0-test11 i686 Transmeta(tm) Crusoe(tm) Processor TM5800 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 distcc 2.11.2 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mmmx -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -falign-functions=4" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mmmx -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -falign-functions=4" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cups encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imlib jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png postgres postgresql python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex truetype x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
you can do PYTHON_SLOT_VERSION=2.2 to use it with python2.2 but it is not officially supported. i fixed the depend stuff so that it will install python2.1 if no PYTHON_SLOT_VERSION is given.
