What are the packages/libraries I should install before compiling Python from source?
There are a few more. Normally, configure should remind you if anything is missing, and a few of them are optional. Here's my list:
build-essential
libncursesw5-dev
libreadline-gplv2-dev
libssl-dev
libgdbm-dev
libc6-dev
libsqlite3-dev
libbz2-dev
libffi-dev
You should be able to install all build dependancies for Python with the build-dep
option in apt-get
sudo apt-get build-dep python
build-dep
build-dep causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an attempt
to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package.
if you want to use Google App Engine SDK:
- opensll
- libssl-dev build-essential
libsqlite3-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev
PIL 1.1.7
:)