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> >> BUT do *not* run `make install` as that will overwrite your system
> >> Python and Bad Things will happen. Instead, run `make altinstall`.

Thanks for all the warnings. We did use `make altinstall`, so all is ok.

Recompiling, with readline installed, fixed the arrow keys.