mathgl

prerequisities:   apt-get install libreadline-dev apt-get install libx11-dev apt-get install libxt-dev apt-get install gfortran     make & make install   --without-x for non X window env...

update: on 05/01/2013     this problem is related to r8168 instead of a particular motherboard model so I changed this title.     ubuntu 10.04 or later version installs r8169 for my network card( ...

build python 2.7.3 first...the default python version is 2.4.3...out of support..   1: steps of python 2.7.3 building : build sqlite3 first..   we omit Tkinter building here due to we don't need...

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