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Here are some hints on getting Mailman to run on Linux: <p> <ul> <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. <p> Note that if you are using Linux Mandrake in secure mode, you are probably concerned by this. <p> </li> <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. <p> </li> <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. <p> 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. <p> If you install Python from source, you should be fine. <p> One symptom of this problem, although for unknown reasons, is that you might get an error such as this during your install: <p> <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 </pre></div> <p> If this happens, install the Python development package and try <b class="program">configure</b> and <b class="program">make install</b> again. 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