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 Alternatively, you can run python in 32 bit mode by setting the following environment variable before running the setup.py command:
 
+This alternative approach is confirmed to work on Mac OS X 10.6.8. 
+
 `export VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes`
 
+`sudo python setup.py install`
+
 Then repeat the same with http://launchpad.net/pyreadline/trunk/1.7/+download/pyreadline-1.7.zip
 
 # USING PRONTERFACE