# Configure Python — Options for third-party dependencies

> C compiler and linker flags to link Python to libbz2, used by bz2 module, overriding pkg-config.

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C compiler and linker flags to link Python to libbz2, used by bz2 module, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for libncurses or libncursesw, used by curses module, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for gdbm.

C compiler and linker flags for libedit, used by readline module, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for libffi, used by ctypes module, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for libmpdec, used by decimal module, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for liblzma, used by lzma module, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for libreadline, used by readline module, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for libsqlite3, used by sqlite3 module, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for libuuid, used by uuid module, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for libzstd, used by compression.zstd module, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for PANEL, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for libpanel or libpanelw, used by curses.panel module, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for TCLTK, overriding pkg-config.

C compiler and linker flags for libzlib, used by gzip module, overriding pkg-config.

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