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Re: Python shell: Arrow keys not working in PuTTY

From Ned Deily <nad@acm.org>
Subject Re: Python shell: Arrow keys not working in PuTTY
Date 2015-02-23 18:35 -0800
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In article <54ebdcfa$0$11100$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>,
 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Almost right!
> 
> You can install Python from source. Unzip the source tar ball, cd into the 
> source directory, and run:
> 
> ./configure
> make
> 
> BUT do *not* run `make install` as that will overwrite your system Python 
> and Bad Things will happen. Instead, run `make altinstall`.

With no --prefix= on ./configure, the default install location is to 
/usr/local, so "make install" would install a link at 
/usr/local/bin/python (or python3) and it would only overwrite your 
system Python if the system Python happened to be installed in 
/usr/local/bin/.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad@acm.org

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Re: Python shell: Arrow keys not working in PuTTY Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-02-23 18:20 +0100
  Re: Python shell: Arrow keys not working in PuTTY Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-24 13:07 +1100
    Re: Python shell: Arrow keys not working in PuTTY Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2015-02-23 18:35 -0800
      Re: Python shell: Arrow keys not working in PuTTY Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-24 16:59 +1100
        RE: Python shell: Arrow keys not working in PuTTY David Aldrich <David.Aldrich@EMEA.NEC.COM> - 2015-02-24 11:18 +0000
        Re: Python shell: Arrow keys not working in PuTTY Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-02-24 15:51 +0100
        Re: Python shell: Arrow keys not working in PuTTY Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2015-02-25 00:39 -0800

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