compiling Python 2.7.1 with readline module fails on Debian (Virtualbox)

[Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens]

Am 22.12.2010 09:33, schrieb Benedict Verheyen:
> Hi,
>
>
> i'm trying to compile Python 2.7.1 on Debian (Virtual Box).
> Compiling end successfully but readline and curses fail to build.
>
> I'm working with virtualenv and I install all my packages in $HOME/local.
> I've downloaded readline, compiled and installed it in $HOME/local, same with ncurses.
> Both were the latest releases.
> But somehow, Python isn't able to build them.
>
> I get this message:
>
> Failed to build these modules:
> _curses    _curses_panel    readline
>
> So it does seems to find the modules.
> I'm not used to dealing with configure, and make so i can't debug much.
> I first tried this configure line:
> ./configure --enable-shared --prefix=$HOME/local
>
> Next i tried this one:
> env CPPFLAGS="-I$HOME/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L$HOME/local/lib" ./configure --enable-shared --prefix=$HOME/local
>
> But make yields the same error.
>
> Any clues on what I do wrong?
>
> The source of ncurses and readline are placed in $HOME/src.
> Both packages are installed in $HOME/local
>
> Thanks for any advice,
>
> Regards,
> Benedict
>
Did you try

apt-get install build-essential
apt-get build-dep python2.7

before trying to compile ?

Anyway, the config.log file is always of special interest.
Btw, which Debian release are you running ?
If the system is set up correctly it should not be necessary to change 
env vars to get it built.