Question: I was compiling Python from source and during ‘make install’, the installation failed with an error message as Sorry: UnicodeError: (“\\N escapes not supported (can’t load unicodedata module)”,). What could be the problem?
Solution:
I have solved this error couple of times during Python installation by uncommenting the line number 180 (unicodedata unicodedata.c # static Unicode character database) in ‘Modules/Setup.dist’ file located in the Python source directory.
#vim Modules/Setup.dist
Uncomment the below line (probably 180)
#unicodedata unicodedata.c
as
unicodedata unicodedata.c
# make clean
#./configure
#make
#make install
Now the installation should work.
