Issue 28957: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_FromUnicode when executing any command with pip2.7 (original) (raw)

Hi,

I have installed python from source in the directory /home/rkommine/software/python2.7. During installation there are no errors seen. I have added the below environment variables to my bashrc

export PATH=/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/bin:/home/rkommine/software/tcltk8.6.6/bin:$PATH export LD_LIBBRARY_PATH=/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib:$LD_LIBBRARY_PATH

rkommine@rubuntu:/Downloads$ which python2.7 /home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/bin/python2.7 rkommine@rubuntu:/Downloads$ python2.7 --version Python 2.7.12 rkommine@rubuntu:~/Downloads$ which pip2.7 /home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/bin/pip2.7

But when I execute any command with pip2.7 I am getting the below errors

rkommine@rubuntu:/Downloads$ pip2.7 --version Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/bin/pip2.7", line 7, in from pip import main File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/init.py", line 16, in from pip.vcs import git, mercurial, subversion, bazaar # noqa File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/vcs/subversion.py", line 9, in from pip.index import Link File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/index.py", line 30, in from pip.wheel import Wheel, wheel_ext File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 32, in from pip import pep425tags File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/pep425tags.py", line 9, in import ctypes File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/ctypes/init.py", line 7, in from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array ImportError: /home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ctypes.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_FromUnicode rkommine@rubuntu:/Downloads$ pip2.7 install robotframework Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/bin/pip2.7", line 7, in from pip import main File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/init.py", line 16, in from pip.vcs import git, mercurial, subversion, bazaar # noqa File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/vcs/subversion.py", line 9, in from pip.index import Link File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/index.py", line 30, in from pip.wheel import Wheel, wheel_ext File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 32, in from pip import pep425tags File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/pep425tags.py", line 9, in import ctypes File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/ctypes/init.py", line 7, in from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array ImportError: /home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ctypes.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_FromUnicode rkommine@rubuntu:~/Downloads$

Could you please help to fix this error? Thanks in advance.