compiling python 3.1.2 with local readline fails to get readline - help!

[gavino]

On Sep 15, 5:12 pm, James Mills <prolo... at shortcircuit.net.au> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:58 AM, gavino <gavcom... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I compiled readline 6.1 myself.
>
> > #  ./configure --prefix=/home/apps/python --disable-shared --with-
> > pymalloc --with-threads --with-pth --enable-big-digits --disable-ipv6
> > --enable-readline --with-readline=/home/apps/readline/lib/
> > #  make -j14
> > ....
> > ....
> > modules not installed:
> > ........    readline   .........
>
> > Python starts but no readline.
>
> > What is the proper configure flag to use a locally compiled readline?
> > I tried with and without --with-readline and with readline/ and
> > readline/lib as shown above.
> > thx for help
>
> AFAIK, there are no "readline" specific options in python 2.x's
> ./configure options:
>
> # pwd
> /usr/ports/opt/python/Python-2.6.5
> # ./configure --help | grep readline -i
> #
>
> I could be wrong... Are you sure you've configured and compile
> readline correctly and that you've set the appropriate environment
> variables and paths for C/C++ compilers (eg: GCC) to pick it up ?
>
> cheers
> James
>
> --
> -- James Mills
> --
> -- "Problems are solved by method"

I am comiling 3.1.2.
I am not root but a user.
I compiled readline and it did not complain.
gdb and zlib  and some other modules also were not found.