@@ -22,16 +22,51 @@ Features and minimum versions required to build CPython:
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2323* Support for threads.
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25- * OpenSSL 1.1.1 is the minimum version and OpenSSL 3.0.18 is the recommended
26- minimum version for the :mod: `ssl ` and :mod: `hashlib ` extension modules.
25+ To build optional modules:
2726
28- * SQLite 3.15.2 for the :mod: `sqlite3 ` extension module.
27+ * ` libbz2 < https://sourceware.org/bzip2/ >`_ for the :mod: `bz2 ` module.
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30- * Tcl/Tk 8.5.12 for the :mod: `tkinter ` module.
29+ * `libb2 <https://github.com/BLAKE2/libb2 >`_ (:ref: `BLAKE2 <hashlib-blake2 >`),
30+ used by :mod: `hashlib ` module.
31+
32+ * `libffi <https://sourceware.org/libffi/ >`_ 3.3.0 is the recommended
33+ minimum version for the :mod: `ctypes ` module.
34+
35+ * ``liblzma ``, for the :mod: `lzma ` module.
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3237* `libmpdec <https://www.bytereef.org/mpdecimal/doc/libmpdec/ >`_ 2.5.0
3338 for the :mod: `decimal ` module.
3439
40+ * ``libncurses `` or ``libncursesw ``,
41+ for the :mod: `curses ` module.
42+
43+ * ``libpanel `` or ``libpanelw ``,
44+ for the :mod: `curses.panel ` module.
45+
46+ * `libreadline <https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html >`_ or
47+ `libedit <https://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/ >`_
48+ for the :mod: `readline ` module.
49+
50+ * `libuuid <https://linux.die.net/man/3/libuuid >`_, for the :mod: `uuid ` module.
51+
52+ * `OpenSSL <https://www.openssl.org/ >`_ 1.1.1 is the minimum version and
53+ OpenSSL 3.0.18 is the recommended minimum version for the
54+ :mod: `ssl ` and :mod: `hashlib ` extension modules.
55+
56+ * `SQLite <https://sqlite.org/ >`_ 3.15.2 for the :mod: `sqlite3 ` extension module.
57+
58+ * `Tcl/Tk <https://www.tcl-lang.org/ >`_ 8.5.12 for the :mod: `tkinter ` module.
59+
60+ * `zlib <https://www.zlib.net >`_ 1.1.4 is the reccomended minimum version for the
61+ :mod: `zlib ` module.
62+
63+ * `zstd <https://facebook.github.io/zstd/ >`_ 1.4.5 is the minimum version for
64+ the :mod: `compression.zstd ` module.
65+
66+ For a full list of dependencies required to build all modules and how to install
67+ them, see the
68+ `devguide <https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/setup-building/#install-dependencies >`_.
69+
3570* Autoconf 2.72 and aclocal 1.16.5 are required to regenerate the
3671 :file: `configure ` script.
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