[NBLUG/talk] installing older versions of python

[E Frank Ball]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 10:00:22AM -0500, jeff at dreadidread.homelinux.org wrote:
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} Hi All,
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} I have recently set up a new server using Mandrake 8.0.
} I want to install Zope, but it requires an older version of python. I think the
} default python version is 2.3, and Zope wants 2.1.3.

Zope absolutely won't work with the newer Python?


} I downloaded a couple python 2.1.3 rpms. Now I'm getting into dependency issues.
} It's looking for libcrypt.so.2, readline.so.4, and the like. I went out and
} found some other rpms to cover the dependency issue, but they won't install,
} because there's already a newer version there.

Try loading JUST THE PYTHON rpm by using rpm -Uvh --nodeps --oldpackage
(or rpm -ivh --nodeps if the newer package isn't installed).

The system won't crash if python doesn't work, so this should be safe,
do not start downgrading libaries this way.

If that won't execute properly then get an old tarball and compile it
from the source.

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   E Frank Ball   frankb at efball.com