Re: Distributing program for Linux

2023-03-15 Thread Loris Bennett
Anssi Saari writes: > "Loris Bennett" writes: > >> I am aware that an individual user could use (mini)conda to install a >> more recent version of Python in his/her home directory, but I am >> interested in how root would install such a program. > > Root would install the script and required Pyt

Re: Distributing program for Linux

2023-03-15 Thread Loris Bennett
"Weatherby,Gerard" writes: > It’s really going to depend on the distribution and whether you have root > access. I am interested in providing a package for people with root access for a variety of distributions. > If you have Ubuntu and root access, you can add the deadsnakes repo, > https://l

Re: Distributing program for Linux

2023-03-15 Thread Anssi Saari
"Loris Bennett" writes: > I am aware that an individual user could use (mini)conda to install a > more recent version of Python in his/her home directory, but I am > interested in how root would install such a program. Root would install the script and required Python version somewhere depending

Re: Distributing program for Linux

2023-03-14 Thread Weatherby,Gerard
It’s really going to depend on the distribution and whether you have root access. If you have Ubuntu and root access, you can add the deadsnakes repo, https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes, and install whatever Python you want. The default ‘python3’ remains but you can called a specific Python, (e.

Re: Distributing program for Linux

2023-03-14 Thread Simon Ward
On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 04:43:14PM +0100, Loris Bennett wrote: If I write a system program which has Python >= 3.y as a dependency, what are the options for someone whose Linux distribution provides Python 3.x, where x < y? The docs suggest creating your own package or building and installing