Question

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   

Answer 1

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