Compile python from source with --prefix=/your/privat/python/directory and install it there. Then run the standard Zope installation process with this new Python. That's it.
-aj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Kowalczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 15:44 Subject: [Zope-dev] Best practice for Zope-private copy of Python 2.1 on Linux? > With the RH7.3 release today, the default Python2 installation is that > much more likely to be Python 2.2 (it's the base package in RH7.3), > instead of Python 2.1. > > Rather than ask the FAQ of why and what parts of Zope can't handle > Python 2.2, I'll ask if there is, or suggest if there isn't, a shift due > in the installation procedures on Linux to optionally use a private copy > of Python 2.1, much like the Windows version of Zope does. That version > allows me to use Python 2.2 without any interference. I'd prefer that > the file layout matched WinZope as closely as possible. In this case, > I'm willing to give up some disk space to have a sandbox that Zope can > run in with its configuration uninterrupted. > > FWIW, I'd like to see an expanded tarball of Zope available that builds > the whole thing, including its own Python and the most common > c-extensions, in a unified makefile. Maybe that would get the > possibility of RPM releases back on track, too. > > Can anyone suggest a best practice to get Zope 2.5.1 on Linux running > with a private Python2.1, keeping the new Python releases separate from > the one Zope will use? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ) > _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
