import zlib in 2.5 fails

[stuntgoat]

I was able to recompile zlib

$./configure --shared

then recompile Python 2.5.1; I am now able to import the zlib module.

cheers

-sg

I was able to recompile zlib

$./configure --shared

then recompile Python 2.5.1; I am now able to import the zlib module.

cheers

-sg



On Jan 4, 5:17 pm, Zentrader <zentrad... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 4, 2:19 am, stuntgoat <hyperne... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > import zlib works in Python 2.4 (debian etch AMD64 - default python
> > version for that distro)
>
> > I built python 2.5 from source; zlib is not importable.
>
> 2.5 has been available for some time in the Debian repositories.
> Installing the .deb may provide better results.  Note that you might
> also have to upgrade the dependencies to a newer version.  apt-get
> will do all of this for you - "man apt-get" for all of the details.http://packages.debian.org/etch/python2.5