I built python 2.4.2 for suse linux 9.3. I configured it to be a separate instance of python from the version packaged with suse.
Now when I start it I get an error: python Python 2.4.2 (#4, Jul 27 2006, 14:34:30) [GCC 3.3.5 20050117 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/etc/pythonstart", line 7, in ? import readline ImportError: No module named readline however, I do have readline installed: rpm -qa | grep readline readline-5.0-7.2 readline-32bit-9.3-7.1 it id truly does exist: locate readline ... /lib/libreadline.so.5 /lib/libreadline.so.5.0 /lib64/libreadline.so.5 /lib64/libreadline.so.5.0 ... I googled about for this and there were numerous hits on this problem from others, but I never found a 'solution'. -- David Bear -- let me buy your intellectual property, I want to own your thoughts -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list