On 05/01/2012 11:47 AM, Nick Fenwick wrote:
python-2.7.2-5.2.fc16.x86_64

It seems that because I had only the 64 bit python rpms installed, I didn't have the 32 bit libraries.

ln -s /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so

This was a hack.  Installing i686 architecture fixed my problem more gracefully.

yum install libpython.i686

Do you feel this is a dependency problem in one of the other systems I've installed (ruby, octopress), and their dependency on python?  Perhaps I should move this query onto some other forum, such as rvm (the ruby installer, some part of which installed rubypython).  There's a thread at https://github.com/imathis/octopress/issues/251 where the Octopress guy seems to be distancing himself from dependency management, which doesn't look promising if the ball's actually in his court.

Nick