[Pythonmac-SIG] Trouble running python

[Michael Hudson]

"Robert B. Brown, IV" <rb4havoc at torvalds.cs.mtsu.edu> writes:

> I'm having trouble running python in terminal.  Everytime I type
> python, it outputs:
>
> dyld: python Undefined symbols:
> _tgetent
> _tgetflag
> _tgetnum
> _tgetstr
> _tgoto
> _tputs
> Trace/BPT trap
>
> Can anyone help me solve this problem?

I'm guessing you have a version of Python that was compiled on 10.1
with the curses module statically linked in (or something like that).
Ignoring the matter of how you got such a beast, I suggest finding a
less eccentric build...

Cheers,
mwh

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