Python, readline and OS X

[Ron Garret]

In article <eptsgb$d1g$1 at daisy.noc.ucla.edu>,
 James Stroud <jstroud at mbi.ucla.edu> wrote:

> Ron Garret wrote:
> > I have installed Python 2.5 on my new Intel Mac but I can't for the life 
> > of me get readline to work.  I have libreadline installed, I've tried 
> > copying readline.so from my Python 2.3 installation into 2.5, I've 
> > searched the web, and no joy.  Could someone please give me a clue?
> > 
> > rg
> 
> Where have you installed libreadline?

/usr/local/lib

> Is LD_LIBRARY_PATH pointing to the directory libreadline.dylib?

It wasn't, but changing it so it did didn't fix the problem.  (I didn't 
try recompiling Python, just running it.  I'll try rebuilding later.)

> Did you install libreadline with fink?

No, I just got the source from the FSF and did ./configure ; make install

> Bash (OSX default) and similar shells use this silly 2 part syntax:
> 
>    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/sw/lib
>    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Actually you can do it in one line: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=whatever

:-)

> Do a "locate libreadline.dylib" and set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the 
> containing directory and then
> 
>    make clean
>    ./configure
>    make
>    make install
> 
> or similar.

I'll give that a whirl.  Thanks.

rg