Unable to resolve system type while installing Python

[Ameya Phadke (aphadke)]

Hello,

We are trying to install Python on our linux box. And we tried running ./configure and got following error. 

Any help would be appreciated.

If the version you run (./config.guess) is already up to date, please

send the following data and any information you think might be

pertinent to <address@hidden> in order to provide the needed

information to handle your system.

config.guess timestamp = 2012-02-10

uname -m = mips

uname -r = 2.6.37-2.6

uname -s = Linux

uname -v = #1 SMP Thu Jul 19 17:49:00 EDT 2012

/usr/bin/uname -p = 

/bin/uname -X     = 

hostinfo               = 

/bin/universe          = 

/usr/bin/arch -k       = 

/bin/arch              = 

/usr/bin/oslevel       = 

/usr/convex/getsysinfo = 

UNAME_MACHINE = mips

UNAME_RELEASE = 2.6.37-2.6

UNAME_SYSTEM  = Linux

UNAME_VERSION = #1 SMP Thu Jul 19 17:49:00 EDT 2012

configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one