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To: David Aldrich <David.Aldrich@EMEA.NEC.COM>
From: Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se>
Subject: Re: Python shell: Arrow keys not working in PuTTY
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In a message of Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:18:38 +0000, David Aldrich writes:
>> >> 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.

Great!  Thank you for letting us know.

Laura (who was worried)