On 20/01/2012 12:42, Anssi Saari wrote: > Benedict Verheyen <benedict.verhe...@gmail.com> writes: > >> If i need to install a new version of Python, as I happen to have done today, >> I only need to do step 4. Which is maybe 5 minutes of work. > > I don't really understand why you compile these common libraries (zlib, > ncurses, readline) yourself instead of using the relevant libraries > provided by your Debian system? Is it just that you didn't *know* Debian > puts parts needed for compilation in separate packages so you'd need to > install those first? >
I know Debian puts them in separate packages dev libraries, I was merely interested in building them myself, as it isn't really a pain to do so. I hadn't previously messed about a lot with compiling packages and I wanted to try it out for Python. Cheers, Benedict -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
