Problem compiling Python on Linux

[Fredrik Lundh]

Seby Carta <oxar at geocities.com> wrote:
> Hi , i have a problem with my Slackware linux and python 1.5.2, exactily
> with thread and python.
> When i run the command:
> 
> >>>import threading
> 
> Python tell me that he doesn't find thread module, i searched in my hdd..and
> module thread.py isn.t!!  why??,

python's probably built without thread support.
see the README file provided with the source
for more details.

(look for --with-thread)

> not the same problem with python for window...  he find above module and the
> thread.py is present on my hdd.

thread is a C module, so I find the latter a bit
unlikely.  maybe you meant "threading.py" (the
higher-level interface to threads)?

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