Re: [cobalt-users] Python 2 on raq4

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10 Sep 2002, Troels Arvin wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I want to use rdiff-backup to back up a raq4:
> backup-server <--- raq4
>
> rdiff-backup[1] sounds very cool. However, it needs python 2 which my
> raq4 doesn't have.
>
> My plan is to uninstall the raq4's installed python and install some
> recompiled python 2 rpms. However, I'm afraid that I might break
> something.
>
> I know that a Raq server uses Perl a lot. But do Raq servers also depend
> on Python? Case "yes": Does it have to be the installed Python 1?
>

If you use the tgz  2.1.3, It will install in the standard
location /usr/local, (which of course is not where cobalt puts it)

NOTE: 2.2 has dependency issues with a RaQ4.

You may want to apply Bassi's move /usr/local script, which will put
/usr/local at /home/local and symlink it. This will insure that you aren't
filling up the '/' partition.

I used;
su -
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.1.3/Python-2.1.3.tgz
tar -zxvf Python-2.1.3.tgz
rm Python-2.1.3.tgz
cd Python-2.1.3
./configure
make
make install

Gerald
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