No module named zlib found

python, python-2.6

Solution

I tried following which helped me with some of these modules. You have to edit setup.py. Find the following lines in setup.py:

lib_dirs = self.compiler.library_dirs + [
   '/lib64', '/usr/lib64',
   '/lib', '/usr/lib',
   ]

For 64 bit Add `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu`:

lib_dirs = self.compiler.library_dirs + [
   '/lib64', '/usr/lib64',
   '/lib', '/usr/lib', '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu',
   ]

For 32 bit Add `/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu`:

lib_dirs = self.compiler.library_dirs + [
   '/lib64', '/usr/lib64',
   '/lib', '/usr/lib', '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu',
   ]

Note `x86_64-linux-gnu` & `i386-linux-gnu` might be located somewhere else in your system so path accordingly.

Ater this you will be left with only following modules:

_bsddb             bsddb185           dbm             
gdbm               sunaudiodev

Problem

I download python2.6.6 source form http://www.python.org/getit/releases/2.6.6/ After that I run these commands ./configure make I tried to import zlib but it says no module named zlib. How can install zlib module for it After I tried installing python2.6.8 I got same error no zlib. While installing it I got below error Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules: ``` _bsddb _curses _curses_panel _hashlib _sqlite3 _ssl _tkinter bsddb185 bz2 dbm dl gdbm imageop linuxaudiodev ossaudiodev readline sunaudiodev zlib ``` To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for the module's name. Failed to build these modules: ``` crypt nis ```

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