I don't know details because I don't normally use Linux, but I think one of the desktop managers uses Python so it might not be safe to remove it. However you can have multiple Python installations. There is a lot of material in the archives on how to do this. You could also use the Python installation that Zope uses to run your install - invoke that interpreter rather than one in the regular Python installation. That might be the best and quickest way to go. Tom P [Raymond Norton] I want to remove python 1.5.2 .rpm, and install 2.1, but it shows all kinds of depedencys. Is there a way to do this without breaking everything? [me]
This probably indicates that you are using Python 1.5.2, which does not come with distutils. You can get it from the Python site at www.python.org (well, at least it will get you to it).
BUT, you want to use the same version of Python that your Zope installation uses. Before version 2.3.4, it used Python 1.5.2. Version 2.4.x uses Python 2.1, and I think 2.5.x does also (but better check this to make sure it isn't up to Python 2.2). The versions of Python above 1.5.2 come with distutils so you won't have to get it yourself.
Tom P
[Raymond Norton]
I am very new, and just trying to set up the ZMySQLDA adapter and MySQL-python driver. As per the instructions I am trying to compile the drivers. I entered "python setup.py build" I get the following error:
trackback (intermost last): File "setup.py", line 6, in ? from distutils.core import setup ImportError: No Module named distutils.core.