Compiling Netsnmp for Ubuntu with Python Bindings
apt-get install gcc
apt-get install libperl-dev
apt-get install python2.7-dev
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/net-snmp/net-snmp/5.7.1/net-snmp-5.7.1.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fnet-snmp%2Ffiles%2Fnet-snmp%2F5.7.1%2F&ts=1318446955&use_mirror=surfnet
tar xzvf net-snmp-5.7.1.tar.gz
cd net-snmp-5.7.1
./configure –with-python-modules
Answer the questions
make
make install
ldconfig
akonkol@cmg005:/home/akonkol/net-snmp-5.7.1# python
Python 2.7.1+ (r271:86832, Apr 11 2011, 18:13:53)
[GCC 4.5.2] on linux2
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>> import netsnmp
>>>
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