File "~/PythonInstall/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/process.py", line 129, in start
    from .forking import Popen
  File "~/PythonInstall/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/forking.py", line 58, in <module>
    from pickle import Pickler
  File "~/PythonInstall/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 1266, in <module>
    import binascii as _binascii
ImportError: No module named binascii


The used OS is: [GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-9)] on linux2

NOTED: There is no error when I import "binascii" in Python 2.7.2 on Window XP.

How to solve it?
Many thanks.

You probably did something wrong when installing Python. How exactly did you get it into ~/PythonInstall?

Dear Martin,

Thanks for your reply.

I went to the folder of python after "tar -zxvf Python-2.7.2.tgz" and do
the following operations:
./configure --prefix="~/PythonInstall"
make
make install
where "~" represent the path in my computer and it is long in the report;
so, I replaced it by ~.

Then, I put "~/PythonInstall"bin
and "~/PythonInstall/lib/python2.7/"site-packages into PATH and PYTHONPATH.

Anything wrong here?

Thanks for your help.

Best regards,
Qian Liu

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Martin v. Löwis <report@bugs.python.org>wrote:

>
> Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> added the comment:
>
> You probably did something wrong when installing Python. How exactly did
> you get it into ~/PythonInstall?
>
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> nosy: +loewis
>
> _______________________________________
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> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14216>
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There are some minor errors indeed: the syntax for PATH and PYTHONPATH is wrong (don't use quotes (") in the middle of the value). Also, putting site-packages into PYTHONPATH should not be necessary.

I think the main cause might be the incorrect --prefix argument. Don't use "~/PythonInstall", but "$HOME/PythonInstall". Also, when I try this, I get

configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: ~/PythonInstall

so you must have made something different (or you have used a shell different from bash), else you would have gotten the same error.

Dear Martin,

Many thanks for your help and your reply. I will correct the errors and let
you know the result.

best regards,
Qian Liu

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Martin v. Löwis <report@bugs.python.org>wrote:

>
> Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> added the comment:
>
> There are some minor errors indeed: the syntax for PATH and PYTHONPATH is
> wrong (don't use quotes (") in the middle of the value). Also, putting
> site-packages into PYTHONPATH should not be necessary.
>
> I think the main cause might be the incorrect --prefix argument. Don't use
> "~/PythonInstall", but "$HOME/PythonInstall". Also, when I try this, I get
>
> configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix:
> ~/PythonInstall
>
> so you must have made something different (or you have used a shell
> different from bash), else you would have gotten the same error.
>
> ----------
>
> _______________________________________
> Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org>
> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14216>
> _______________________________________
>
>

Dear Martin,

I did the following operations
./configure --prefix=
"/img01/home/liuqian1/PLAprediction/software/PythonInstall"
make
make install

and then

MPYTHONHOME="/img01/home/liuqian1/PLAprediction/software/PythonInstall"
PATH="$MPYTHONHOME/bin":$PATH

However, when I try ' python -c "import binascii;" ', *I still got the same
error.*

By the way, I can run ' python -c "import binascii;" ' on Window XP and in
python 2.5.5.

Our technician also installed python 3.0 in our Linux server without the
'prefex' in the "./configure" but we got the same error also.

Any more comments about this?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Best regards,
Qian Liu

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Qian Liu <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

>
> Qian Liu <liuq0011@e.ntu.edu.sg> added the comment:
>
> Dear Martin,
>
> Many thanks for your help and your reply. I will correct the errors and let
> you know the result.
>
> best regards,
> Qian Liu
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Martin v. Löwis <report@bugs.python.org
> >wrote:
>
> >
> > Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> added the comment:
> >
> > There are some minor errors indeed: the syntax for PATH and PYTHONPATH is
> > wrong (don't use quotes (") in the middle of the value). Also, putting
> > site-packages into PYTHONPATH should not be necessary.
> >
> > I think the main cause might be the incorrect --prefix argument. Don't
> use
> > "~/PythonInstall", but "$HOME/PythonInstall". Also, when I try this, I
> get
> >
> > configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix:
> > ~/PythonInstall
> >
> > so you must have made something different (or you have used a shell
> > different from bash), else you would have gotten the same error.
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > _______________________________________
> > Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org>
> > <http://bugs.python.org/issue14216>
> > _______________________________________
> >
> >
>
> ----------
>
> _______________________________________
> Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org>
> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14216>
> _______________________________________
>
>

I suggest you do two things:
- first, run “make -s” to reduce messages and see if the binascii module is compiled correctly or skipped
- second, avoid possible misleading issues with PATH entirely by starting your Python with an absolute path, like ~/path/to/python

(Sidenote: It would be kind of you to edit your replies to remove unneeded quotes from previous messages.  They just clobber the bug report.  Thanks in advance.)

Hi, Eric Araujo,

Thanks for your help. I run "make -s" and found the following message. It
seems that binascii cannot be built correctly. What should I do? Many
thanks.

libpython2.7.a(posixmodule.o)(.text+0x47e1): In function `posix_tmpnam':
./Modules/posixmodule.c:7370: warning: the use of `tmpnam_r' is dangerous,
better use `mkstemp'
libpython2.7.a(posixmodule.o)(.text+0x46c7): In function `posix_tempnam':
./Modules/posixmodule.c:7317: warning: the use of `tempnam' is dangerous,
better use `mkstemp'
building dbm using gdbm
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libz.a(crc32.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against
`a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile
with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/libz.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libz.a(crc32.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against
`a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile
with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/libz.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Python build finished, but the necessary bits to build these modules were
not found:
_sqlite3           bsddb185           dl
imageop            sunaudiodev
To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for the
module's name.

*Failed to build these modules:*
*binascii           zlib*

Best regards,
Qian Liu

See http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/index.xml?part=1&chap=3.
What it says might be the cause of the problem.

No traffic on bug in 2 years, and not clear if there's anything to fix.  Closing.