Python 2.7 Compile
How to compile Python with static and dynamic libraries in a custom folder with UTF-16 enabled. ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/local --enable-shared --enable-unicode=ucs4 --with-pydebug Otherwise you could get the following exception explained below: http://docs.python.org/2.7/faq/extending.html#when-importing-module-x-why-do-i-get-undefined-symbol-pyunicodeucs2