Robert Kern wrote:
> David Bear wrote: >> 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 > > However, these are not the Python readline module. The Suse package for it > is probably called python-readline or something like that. > okay. Since I grabbed the python tar file from python.org, do I then assume that readline is not included in the python source distribution? if so, where would I find it. If not, what different build instructions do I need to follow to make it build with readline? -- David Bear -- let me buy your intellectual property, I want to own your thoughts -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list