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38 changes: 36 additions & 2 deletions Doc/using/configure.rst
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* Support for threads.

To build optional modules:

* ``libbz2`` for the :mod:`bz2` module.

* `libb2 <https://github.com/BLAKE2/libb2>`_ (:ref:`BLAKE2 <hashlib-blake2>`),
used by :mod:`hashlib` module.

* `libedit <https://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/>`_ and
`libreadline <https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html>`_
for the :mod:`readline` module.

* `libffi <https://sourceware.org/libffi/>`_ 3.3.0 is the recommended
minimum version for the :mod:`ctypes` module.

* ``liblzma``, for the :mod:`lzma` module.

* `libmpdec <https://www.bytereef.org/mpdecimal/doc/libmpdec/>`_ 2.5.0
for the :mod:`decimal` module.

* ``libncurses`` or ``libncursesw``,
for the :mod:`curses` module.

* ``libpanel`` or ``libpanelw``,
for the :mod:`curses.panel` module.

* `libuuid <https://linux.die.net/man/3/libuuid>`_, for the :mod:`uuid` module.

* OpenSSL 1.1.1 is the minimum version and OpenSSL 3.0.18 is the recommended
minimum version for the :mod:`ssl` and :mod:`hashlib` extension modules.

* SQLite 3.15.2 for the :mod:`sqlite3` extension module.

* Tcl/Tk 8.5.12 for the :mod:`tkinter` module.

* `libmpdec <https://www.bytereef.org/mpdecimal/doc/libmpdec/>`_ 2.5.0
for the :mod:`decimal` module.
* `zlib <https://www.zlib.net>`_ 1.1.4 is the reccomended minimum version for the
:mod:`zlib` module.

* `zstd <https://facebook.github.io/zstd/>`_ 1.4.5 is the minimum version for
the :mod:`compression.zstd` module.

For a full list of dependencies required to build all modules and how to install
them, see the
`devguide <https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/setup-building/#install-dependencies>`_.

* Autoconf 2.72 and aclocal 1.16.5 are required to regenerate the
:file:`configure` script.
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