building Python from source with zlib support

Question

When building Python 3.2.3 from source on Ubuntu 12.04, the zlib module is not available.

I downloaded the official source distribution from python.org, and attempte

Answer 1

The easiest solution I found, is on python.org:

sudo apt-get build-dep python3.6

If that package is not available for your system, try reducing the minor version until you find a package that is available in your system’s package manager.

If you see something like this: E: You must put some ‘source’ URIs in your sources.list, Open Software & Updates and enable Source code.

I tried explaining details, on a blog post.