Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Ben Koenig
Your questions were fine, some of the answers were a bit bogus. FWIW I recommend learning how to build a .deb package. These days people are hyped for containers and virtualization, but package maintenance is still a useful tool in every user's shed. To paraphrase Mr. Heinlein's answer:

Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Bill Barry
On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 4:38 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > On 04/26/2019 01:53 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 6:38 PM Richard Owlett > wrote: > > > >> On 04/26/2019 01:16 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > >>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 6:02 PM Richard Owlett > >> wrote: > >>> > I wish

Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Nat Taylor
You could use the pyenv version manager: https://realpython.com/intro-to-pyenv/ On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 4:18 PM wrote: > docker is container service - "like" running a lightweight virtual > machine, except it is called containers. > > Loosely - It is a method of process and its environment

Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread tomas . kuchta . lists
docker is container service - "like" running a lightweight virtual machine, except it is called containers. Loosely - It is a method of process and its environment isolation. I am sure thera are much better definitions and analogies. What these commands do (after you installed docker): *

Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/26/2019 03:46 PM, Robert Citek wrote: If you have Docker and if it works for your use case ... $ docker run -t --rm python:3 python3 --version Python 3.7.3 $ docker run -t --rm python:3 python3 -c 'print("hello, world!")' hello, world! Regards, - Robert Have no idea of what above

Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/26/2019 01:53 PM, Bill Barry wrote: On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 6:38 PM Richard Owlett wrote: On 04/26/2019 01:16 PM, Bill Barry wrote: On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 6:02 PM Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is installed. I have Debian 9.8

Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Robert Citek
If you have Docker and if it works for your use case ... $ docker run -t --rm python:3 python3 --version Python 3.7.3 $ docker run -t --rm python:3 python3 -c 'print("hello, world!")' hello, world! Regards, - Robert On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 11:53 AM Bill Barry wrote: > On Fri, Apr 26,

Re: [PLUG] Grub 0.97: convert VM with two disk to VM with single bootable disk

2019-04-26 Thread Robert Citek
Thanks, David. I'll give that a shot later today. - Robert On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 8:12 AM David Bridges wrote: > There are many variables and unknowns related to what you want to do > depending on how the original VM was built and installed. I have used > the guidelines below to do the same

Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Bill Barry
On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 6:38 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > On 04/26/2019 01:16 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 6:02 PM Richard Owlett > wrote: > > > >> I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is installed. I > >> have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated

Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/26/2019 01:10 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: On Fri, 26 Apr 2019, Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is installed. I have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this exercise. I did a web search and got a half dozen on topic hits. There were

Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/26/2019 01:16 PM, Bill Barry wrote: On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 6:02 PM Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is installed. I have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this exercise. I did a web search and got a half dozen on topic hits.

Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Bill Barry
On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 6:02 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is installed. I > have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this exercise. I did > a web search and got a half dozen on topic hits. There were enough > differences that I

Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Fri, 26 Apr 2019, Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is installed. I have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this exercise. I did a web search and got a half dozen on topic hits. There were enough differences that I wasn't sure if I

[PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Richard Owlett
I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is installed. I have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this exercise. I did a web search and got a half dozen on topic hits. There were enough differences that I wasn't sure if I was missing something important. The last

Re: [PLUG] Grub 0.97: convert VM with two disk to VM with single bootable disk

2019-04-26 Thread David Bridges
There are many variables and unknowns related to what you want to do depending on how the original VM was built and installed. I have used the guidelines below to do the same sort of things you are wanting to do. Modify the /etc/fstab entries so that they point to the correct new locations.