On 04/26/2019 02:39 PM, deloptes wrote:
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 was missing something important. The last time I compiled something was on a PDP 11/45 in approximately 1975. Suggestions? TIATry the pip python repositories https://docs.python.org/3/installing/index.html#install-pip-in-versions-of-python-prior-to-python-3-4
It looks like https://docs.python.org/3/ is where I should start. A quick browse suggests it will answer questions I hadn't thought of yet. Thanks for the link.
I recall I used it with ansible on debian with 2.7 where I needed python3. I am not sure it will give you exactly what you need, but may be it would.