On Sep 15, 5:12 pm, James Mills <prolo...@shortcircuit.net.au> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:58 AM, gavino <gavcom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I compiled readline 6.1 myself. > > > # ./configure --prefix=/home/apps/python --disable-shared --with- > > pymalloc --with-threads --with-pth --enable-big-digits --disable-ipv6 > > --enable-readline --with-readline=/home/apps/readline/lib/ > > # make -j14 > > .... > > .... > > modules not installed: > > ........ readline ......... > > > Python starts but no readline. > > > What is the proper configure flag to use a locally compiled readline? > > I tried with and without --with-readline and with readline/ and > > readline/lib as shown above. > > thx for help > > AFAIK, there are no "readline" specific options in python 2.x's > ./configure options: > > # pwd > /usr/ports/opt/python/Python-2.6.5 > # ./configure --help | grep readline -i > # > > I could be wrong... Are you sure you've configured and compile > readline correctly and that you've set the appropriate environment > variables and paths for C/C++ compilers (eg: GCC) to pick it up ? > > cheers > James > > -- > -- James Mills > -- > -- "Problems are solved by method"
I am comiling 3.1.2. I am not root but a user. I compiled readline and it did not complain. gdb and zlib and some other modules also were not found. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
