On 08:41, Wed 08 Feb 06, Rakesh 'arky' Ambati wrote:
Am trying to have python2.4 runtime only on Debian Sid, The Debian's default Python version is currently v2.3. Does anyone know a __nice__ way of doing this without having to resort installing Debian default Python2.3 dependency package.
Well - since you're asking this question, I guess Sid does not have a native python2.4 package and you don't want to use the current stable or testing or unstable distributions.
Or is it that certain packages on Sid specify python2.3 as a dependency and so you need to maintain both python2.3 *and* python2.4 on your machine and you don't like that? In that case you can try making a dummy package that "provides" python2.3. This will ensure that any package that checks for python2.3 dependency sees it and installs just fine - while it actually uses the python2.4 runtime.
Abhas.