I unmerged python... ensuing problems....

blunted

I wasn't able to use fetchmailconf after emergeing fetchmail so I added tcltk to USE as suggested in a post I read and unmerged then emerged again. That didn't solve the problem. I got an error saying my python probably didn't support tk so being retarded I unmerged python expecting the new USE variable tcltk to fix the possible python problem. Now emerge doesn't work. Help.

creep root # emerge
/usr/bin/env: python2.2: No such file or directory

:?:

EDIT: Moved from Other Things Gentoo. Don't want this one to get pruned in case we turn that feature on. Probably ought to make this a FAQ. -- pjp

delta407 · Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2002 9:35 pm Post subject:

"emerge" and most of Portage is written in Python. Unmerging Python was a Bad Thing (TM).

delta407 · Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2002 9:42 pm Post subject:

You might be able to reinstall Python using this:

blunted · Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2002 10:06 pm Post subject: I love you.

Thank you kindly for your lightning fast response which solved my problem! Next time you're in Winnipeg you have a place to stay =P

daemonb · Apprentice Joined: 24 Jul 2002 Posts: 242

thank you very much, i had the same problem. Thats really sh*t. But that was really stupid of me to think there is no risk :-(

But now python is emerging an I hope it will rule :-)

thing_from_space · n00b Joined: 08 Aug 2002 Posts: 4 Location: Columbus, OH

I tried downgrading python to make another non-gentoo package work and really messed up emerge. I had thought about manually rebuilding it, but wasn't sure if it would work and decided against it. After searching frantically in the Gentoo forums I came across this topic. Maybe it should be made sticky.

<big sigh of relief>

Slayer_X · n00b Joined: 29 Aug 2002 Posts: 17 Location: Peru

Hi, my portage system dont work, I guess Python is the problem

I reinstall manually Python and the problem persist.

I read the README.RESCUE and untar the correct file and the problema persist

When I make a

yumbrad · n00b Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Posts: 4 Location: CA

I couldn't configure python, I was apparently missing g++ ... I did salvage the system though, by copying /usr/bin/python2.2 and the entire /usr/lib/python2.2 directory from a redhat8.0 system, then emerging python. Now i'm going to try and figure out how to get rid of the cruft redhat had in /usr/lib/python2.2.

Isaiah · Guru Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 359

Clete2 · Guru Joined: 09 Aug 2003 Posts: 530

Thanks for this post... I'm building now... I had built before without the configure options and such... Iwas trying to get python 2.3 working by unmerging python then building it manually... Stupid me

Szplug · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 5:01 pm Post subject: Recent experience

I foolishly did 'emerge unmerge python' thinking to re-emerge it, and here's what worked for me:

download & install python from www.python.org

Emerge seemed to want specifically, /usr/bin/python which wasn't there, so I just re-pointed it to the newly installed one,

# cd /usr/bin
# ln -s /usr/local/bin/python .

Then just read & follow the instructions from here:
/usr/portage/sys-apps/portage/files/README.RESCUE

paulbiz · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 2:38 am Post subject:

I thought I had to re-emerge python, it was unable to run due to the wrong libstdc++.so.6 after GCC upgrade from 3.4.3 to 3.4.4. I couldn't recompile because g++ wouldn't run, either.

Finally, I realized the gcc 3.4.3 directories weren't on my disk anymore at all! I just copied the 3.4.3 directory from /usr/lib/<whatever>/3.4.3 on the Gentoo install liveCD into the same on my hard disk, ran ldconfig and immediately everything worked again (and I am immediately following it with revdep-rebuild

).

bombcar · Guru Joined: 08 Apr 2003 Posts: 453 Location: Wisconsin

I wanted to remove the dependency that python had on X, so I changed my use flags but it put a little green * next to X when running emerge -pv python.

So I unmerged python. :oops:

Hopefully the stuff above will make it happy again.

eXess · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:40 am Post subject:

worked for me too, although with modifications :

gasdia73 · n00b Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 1

by the way, delta407 you have a place to stay in Italy too

thanx alot

Joe1314 · n00b Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 12

and Scotland - this should be made a sticky.

Thanks!

Thavian · n00b Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 13

*slaps self really hard*

Rightfully so stupidity was made painful as it should be in my case.

Thanks a ton!

Also add Seattle, Washington to your growing list.

wbrokow1 · Guru Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 372

I stupidly removed python because I was following the gcc upgrade and made a mistake.
How can I fix this screw-up? emerge won't run now.
Thanks for any guidance

desultory · Bodhisattva Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 9410

Merged the above post.

Another option which is now available would be to retrieve the package for the appropriate architecture from http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/default-linux/, unpack it over the existing system (there will be error messages which can safely be ignored), emerge python and proceed with your prior task.

acoul · n00b Joined: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 31

I had problems upgrading python to my system. I followed this guide:

BServiss · n00b Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Posts: 62

I'm having the same problem with Python. It had to start with that expat madness :twisted:

I would give you an emerge --info but it's borked too.

The long and short of it - I followed the instructions here, issuing Make -i to get around the libinstall error, and python is giving this response:

BServiss · n00b Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Posts: 62

Whew - Somehow $PYTHONHOME got changed to the python site packages directory! Fixing this lets me emerge again.

But Python still bombs at zipfile.py - or what's directly after it. Any hints here? Any at all?

Another post suggests that updating something else (they weren't specific) fixes the Python issue.

acoul · n00b Joined: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 31

this is an old problem that shows every now and then ... I am trying all different sort of things but so far I have no success ...
http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org/msg01386.html

acoul · n00b Joined: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 31

I was able to solve my problem:

BServiss · n00b Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Posts: 62

Python was the problem - it quit at compiling zipfile.py - or what was after it: