Compiling python2.5 on IBM AIX

[Gerard Flanagan]

On Jul 16, 12:29 pm, bravo.l... at gmail.com wrote:
>     hi,
>
> I'm trying to make a local install of python 2.5 on AIX and I'm
> getting some trouble with _curses.
>
> Here is how I tried to compile it :
>
> export BASE=/usr/local/python251
>
> cd Python.2.5.1
> ./configure --prefix=${BASE}/\
>     LDFLAGS="-L\${BASE}/lib/"\
>     PPFLAGS="-I\${BASE}/include/"\
>
> make
> make test
> make altinstall
>

I haven't compiled it myself, but I'm told that the installation I
work with was compiled with:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/vacpp/bin:/usr/vacpp/lib
./configure --with-gcc="xlc_r -q64" --with-cxx="xlC_r -q64" --disable-
ipv6 AR="ar -X64"
make
make install

if that helps.

Gerard