[Zope] new, so don't know what to do with this?

[Thomas B. Passin]

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.
>