compiling python 2.5, missing zlib

[mhearne808[insert-at-sign-here]gmail[insert-dot-here]com]

On Nov 19, 8:22 pm, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar... at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> > Those headers are already installed, according to "up2date". Is there
> > a way to specify the header files used?
>
> It will automatically use them if they are good. What's the value of
> ZLIB_VERSION in /usr/include/zlib.h?
>
> Regards,
> Martin

I got my Python compile to work, by setting recompiling the zlib
source I downloaded with a --shared configure option.

Now I'm having trouble getting the Python MySQL module to install.
That'll be a separate post!

--Mike