[AuckLUG] Readline and Python on SuSE 10.1

[Marco Scuderi]

Hi there,
I am fiddling with SuSe10.1 as a hobby but with some problems.
One I cannot get pass is how to configure Python 2.4.3 to accept the module
for readline 5.1.
I assume I have installed readline correctly albeit I do not have a clue as
how to verify it, but when launching Python I get an error message saying
that there is no such a module called readline.
I also noticed that when I install Python with """python setup.py install"""
I get an error message about Python trying to rename the readline module
because it was not properly loaded. It does not say what it has renamed it
to :))

Any advice?

Also, what should I do to get more accustomed to Linux? Over the past few
years I have tried and always failed to install GRASS 5, R statistical
software, f2c, SPE, and a number of other dependencies required for these
packages. Not that I am giving up, but not being able to run a single
software I would like to use, makes using Linux a bit hard.
I tried attending the local LUGs when I was overseas and I was told my stuff
was too obscure for them. I have attended an installfest only to be told
they would only help with bistro installation, not specific packages.

What would you suggest I do now that I am back home?

Thanks a lot,
Marco

Mission Bay