Missing _bssd in Python 2.4

["Martin v. Löwis"]

jalil at feghhi.com wrote:
> I compiled and installed python 2.4 on Redhat Linux using default
> options but don't seem to be getting _bsddb. I get an error message
> that _bssd cannot be imported.
> 
> Does anybody know why this might happen? Do I need to do any special
> customization or install any other software?

You need to install the bsddb header files and development libraries
when building Python from source.

Regards,
Martin