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It’s a long time (almost a month!) I don’t write here anymore, but I’ve come back to teach you how to install Python 3.0 with readline support on Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” (incidentally I bought a Macbook )

1. Download the latest readline from the GNU readline homepage.
2. Extract it in a folder.
3. Download all the patches available here and save them in the same folder.
4. Open Terminal and enter in that folder.
5. Apply all the patches by running:

   patch -p0 < patch_file_name

   For example:

   patch -p0 < readline52-001
   patch -p0 < readline52-002
   patch -p0 < readline52-003

6. Configure, make and install:

   ./configure
   make && sudo make install

7. Download the latest Python 3 release from here.
8. Extract it and navigate to the folder with Terminal.
9. Configure it by running:

   ./configure --enable-framework --with-readline-dir=/usr/local

10. Compile and install it:

    make && sudo make frameworkinstall

Here you go!

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