How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2)

[Christian Heimes]

Am 05.12.2011 17:23, schrieb Steven D'Aprano:
> The trickiest part for me is ensuring that tkinter works correctly. After 
> installing Python from source about a dozen times now, I still don't know 
> why sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

sudo apt-get build-dep python2.7

Done ;)

However there are additional pitfalls if you have multiarch support or
Kernel 3.x. Both are well documented in my blog
http://lipyrary.blogspot.com/

Christian