[FIXED] Python3.2 can not recognize UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT keys in interpreter?

Issue

I am using ubuntu, linux kernel 2.6.38. I usually use python2, today, I decide to try Python3. I downloads python3 and make install it following the README. However,the python 3.2 interpreter can not recognize UP/SOWN/LEFT/RIGHT keys, these keys are available in my python 2.7 interpreter. What's wrong did I make?

Another question is can I choose the python version which iPython use if I have python2.7 and python3.2 at the same time.

Best Regards.

Solution

Install the libreadline-dev package from Ubuntu, then recompile Python from scratch.

Answered By - Dietrich Epp