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Re: Problems building Python 1.4



On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Paul Barrett wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to build Python 1.4 on my Debian box to test the alpha
> release of the Numerical module.  The 'configure' script fails when I
> include the option '--with-readline' because it cannot find the
> termcap library.  Is this library included in the 'libreadline'
> library?  Readline appears to depend on it and it is nowhere to be
> found.  If this is the case I'm sure Guido would like to know about
> it, so he can modify the Python configure script.
> 
Look farther into the configure script to where the --with-readline is
implimented. Replace libreadline with libreadline2. This is the current
library supplying the libreadline functionality.

Luck,

Dwarf

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