You can configure the interpreter to contain fewer or more built-in

modules by editing the Modules/Setup file. This file is initially

copied from Setup.dist by the configure script; if it does not exist

yet, create it by copying Modules/Setup.dist yourself (configure will

never overwrite it). Never edit Setup.dist -- always edit Setup or

Setup.local (see below). Read the comments in the file for

information on what kind of edits are allowed. When you have edited

Setup in the Modules directory, the interpreter will automatically be

rebuilt the next time you run make in the toplevel directory. (When

working inside the Modules directory, use "make Makefile; make".)

The default collection of modules should build on any Unix system, but

many optional modules should work on all modern Unices (e.g. try

audioop, imageop, crypt, dbm, gdbm, nis, resource, termios, timing,

syslog, _curses, pyexpat, readline, rgbimg, zlib). Often the quickest

way to determine whether a particular module works or not is to see if

it will build: enable it in Setup, then if you get compilation or link

system libraries, e.g. the GL library and the audio hardware.

For SunOS and Solaris, enable module "sunaudiodev" to support the

audio device. Likewise, for Linux and some *BSD systems, enable

"linuxaudiodev".