Python shell: Arrow keys not working in PuTTY

[Ned Deily]

In article <54ebdcfa$0$11100$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>,
 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> Almost right!
> 
> You can install Python from source. Unzip the source tar ball, cd into the 
> source directory, and run:
> 
> ./configure
> make
> 
> BUT do *not* run `make install` as that will overwrite your system Python 
> and Bad Things will happen. Instead, run `make altinstall`.

With no --prefix= on ./configure, the default install location is to 
/usr/local, so "make install" would install a link at 
/usr/local/bin/python (or python3) and it would only overwrite your 
system Python if the system Python happened to be installed in 
/usr/local/bin/.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org