realine not found error

[David Bear]

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 --

[Robert Kern]

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.

--
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco

[David Bear]

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 --

[Robert Kern]

David Bear wrote:

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?

Oops. Sorry, I missed that part of what you said. Use

$ ./configure --enable-readline

--
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco

[Peter Otten]

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

You may have to install the readline-devel package and the rebuild Python.

Peter