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1. Download Python 2.5.1 from http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.1/Python-2.5.1.tgz and save to /afs/slac/g/glast/ground/GLAST_EXT/tiger-i386-32bit-gcc41/python if it doesn't already exist.
2. Change directory to /afs/slac/g/glast/ground/GLAST_EXT/redhat5-i686-64bit-gcc41/python
3. Ungzip and Untar the file Python-2.5.1.tgz
4. Change directory to Python-2.5.1
5. Set the environment variable EXTRA_CFLAGS to "-fPIC -fwrapv"
6. edit setup.py, in detect_modules() change the lines from:

        add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/usr/local/include')
        add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/usr/local/lib')

to:

        add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/usr/local/include')
        add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/usr/local/lib')
        add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/usr/lib')
        add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/usr/include')

1. Execute ./configure --prefix /afs/slac/g/glast/ground/GLAST_EXT/redhat5-i686-64bit-gcc41/python/2.5.1-gl4/gcc41
2. Execute make
3. Execute make install
4. Leave and erase the current directory (Python-2.5.1)
   

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