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@@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ If you don't read instructions Congratulations on getting this far. :-) To start building right away (on UNIX): type "./configure" in the -current directory and when it finishes, type "make". The section -`Build instructions' below is still recommended reading, especially -the part on customizing Modules/Setup. +current directory and when it finishes, type "make". This creates an +executable "./python"; to install in /usr/local, first do "su root" +and then "make install". + +The section `Build Instructions' below is still recommended reading, +especially the part on customizing Modules/Setup. What is Python anyway? @@ -249,6 +252,13 @@ Linux: A problem with threads and fork() was tracked down to a bug in module now needs the -lcrypt option. The setup.py script takes care of this automatically. +Red Hat Linux: There's an executable /usr/bin/python which is Python + 1.5.2 on most Red Hat installations; several key Red Hat tools + require this version. Python 2.1.x may be installed as + /usr/bin/python2. The Makefile installs Python as + /usr/local/bin/python, which may or may not take precedence + over /usr/bin/python, depending on how you have set up $PATH. + FreeBSD 3.x and probably platforms with NCurses that use libmytinfo or similar: When using cursesmodule, the linking is not done in the correct order with the defaults. Remove "-ltermcap" from |