Re: Is it possible to use ASK with Python 2.1.3

Hi Marc,

You're correct. In debian, python gets version numbers stuck to the
package name. This means David can have both 2.1 and 2.2 at the same
time. 

Regards,
Paga

On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 04:34:36PM +0100, Marc Herbert wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, David McNab wrote:
> 
> > David Mandala wrote:
> > > I see the requirements are Python 2.2 but the machine I want to install ASK
> > > on is remotely hosted with no console access at all. If upgrading a package
> > > hoses the machine I'm SOL in a big way.
> > >
> > > Currently the system is a netwinder running Debian woody with Python locked
> > > at 2.1.3, any thoughts or suggestions?
> >
> > If you've got FTP access, and 20MB free disk space, there is one
> > desperate option - set up a local partition to resemble the target
> > machine as closely as possible, compile a python2.2 or 2.3, do some
> > liposuction on it (remove the .py files and .pyo files from lib, etc),
> > and upload the python tree to your user account on the remote. Change
> > the shebangs in the ASK scripts to use your python.
> 
> The machine I run ASK on is a debian woody too. It had python 2.1.3
> installed too (this is the default version). I _remotely_ upgraded it
> to python2.2 (since this package is available too in woody) without a
> hitch.
> 
> Theoritically, you can even have both 2.1.3 and 2.2 installed at the
> same time on debian woody, and I think it should be ok.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
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