realine not found error

[Robert Kern]

David Bear wrote:
> I built python 2.4.2 for suse linux 9.3. I configured it to be a separate
> instance of python from the version packaged with suse.
> 
> Now when I start it I get an error:
> python
> Python 2.4.2 (#4, Jul 27 2006, 14:34:30)
> [GCC 3.3.5 20050117 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/etc/pythonstart", line 7, in ?
>     import readline
> ImportError: No module named readline
> 
> however, I do have readline installed:
> 
> rpm -qa | grep readline
> readline-5.0-7.2
> readline-32bit-9.3-7.1
> 
> it id truly does exist:
> 
> locate readline 
> ...
> /lib/libreadline.so.5
> /lib/libreadline.so.5.0
> /lib64/libreadline.so.5
> /lib64/libreadline.so.5.0

However, these are not the Python readline module. The Suse package for it is 
probably called python-readline or something like that.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
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