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15.1 GNU/Linux issues</a>
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Linux seems to be the most popular platform for running Mailman. Here are
some hints on getting Mailman to run on Linux:
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<li>If you are getting errors with hard link creations and/or you are using
a special secure kernel (securelinux/openwall/grsecurity), see the file
<span class="file">contrib/README.check_perms_grsecurity</span> in the Mailman source
distribution.
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Note that if you are using Linux Mandrake in secure mode, you are
probably concerned by this.
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<li>Apparently Mandrake 9.0 changed the permissions on gcc, so if you build
as the <code>mailman</code> user, you need to be sure <code>mailman</code> is in the
<code>cctools</code> group.
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<li>If you installed Python from your Linux distribution's package manager
(e.g. .rpms for Redhat-derived systems or .deb for Debian), you must
install the ``development'' package of Python, or you may not get
everything you need.
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For example, using Python 2.2 on Debian, you will need to install the
<code>python2.2-dev</code> package. On Redhat, you probably need the
<code>python2-devel</code> package.
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If you install Python from source, you should be fine.
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One symptom of this problem, although for unknown reasons, is that you
might get an error such as this during your install:
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<div class="verbatim"><pre>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bin/update", line 44, in ?
import paths
ImportError: No module named paths
make: *** [update] Error 1
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If this happens, install the Python development package and try
<b class="program">configure</b> and <b class="program">make install</b> again. Or install the
latest version of Python from source, available from
<a class="url" href="http://www.python.org">http://www.python.org</a>.
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This problem can manifest itself in other Linux distributions in
different ways, although usually it appears as <code>ImportErrors</code>.
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