import readline,ImportError: No module named readline

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I was the first time to download the source of Android, but when I used repo init according to the website http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html, something wrong happened, I have faced with this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):  File "/root/bin/repo", line 91, in <module>    import readlineImportError: No module named readline

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and Python 2.7.2

I will be appreciated if anybody can help me.

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asked Feb 28 '12 at 6:43 enterzhu 2515

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AFAIK, the default Python environment in Ubuntu 10.04 is Python 2.6.5, so you must be using a self-compiled python.

You should be missing some readline header files when building your python 2.7.2, so you have two choices now:

1. Re-compile your python, with libreadline?-dev installed.
2. Install the standalone version of readline, using pip install readline or easy_install readline

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answered Feb 28 '12 at 6:52 Felix Yan 4,60142648