Perhaps you mean: https://www.continuum.io/downloads It refers to http://conda.pydata.org/miniconda.html for just python+conda
For linux binaries https://www.python.org redirects to http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads Both should work for linux users with old python. Satish On Wed, 14 Oct 2015, Leoni, Massimiliano wrote: > How about you bring in anaconda? > It ships with [almost] all dependencies and the installation is fairly > automated, it should be feasible. > > Massimiliano > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: petsc-dev-boun...@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:petsc-dev- > > boun...@mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Satish Balay > > Sent: 14 October 2015 07:06 > > To: Jeff Hammond > > Cc: petsc-dev > > Subject: Re: [petsc-dev] Do we still need to support python 2.4? > > > > On Wed, 14 Oct 2015, Jeff Hammond wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday, October 13, 2015, Satish Balay <ba...@mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, Jeff Hammond wrote: > > > > > > > > > PETSc can build MUMPS. Why not Python? :-) > > > > > > > > and gcc :) > > > > > > > > > > > I have GCC builds almost completely automated for similar reasons as > > > Python > > > 2.4 (eg my CentOS box is stuck with ancient GCC) so I don't actually > > > think this is unreasonable. But the build time would be almost as long > > > as ATLAS if PETSc did this ;-) > > > > To be more specific - python has lot more dependencies as compared to > > MUMPS [or even gcc] and difficult to get them built acorss various > > architectures. [ esp when we have different machines with different system > > libraries installed] > > > > http://bda.ath.cx/blog/2009/04/08/installing-python-26-in-centos-5-or- > > rhel5/ > > For ex: on such a machine - its easier to do the following to get all the > > dependent packages installed - then create a bootstrap build tool that check > > for - and builds the missing packages from this list. [perhaps there are > > equivalent simple routes for other OSes aswell] > > > > yum install gcc gdbm-devel readline-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel \ > > bzip2-devel sqlite-devel db4-devel openssl-devel tk-devel bluez-libs-devel > > > > And what tool do we we use to build python [and its dependencies]? > > Have a separate buildsystem in shell or python2.4 to build python2.6? > > > > Satish > The data contained in, or attached to, this e-mail, may contain confidential > information. If you have received it in error you should notify the sender > immediately by reply e-mail, delete the message from your system and contact > +44 (0) 3301235850 (Security Operations Centre) if you need assistance. > Please do not copy it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any other > person. > > An e-mail response to this address may be subject to interception or > monitoring for operational reasons or for lawful business practices. > > (c) 2015 Rolls-Royce plc > > Registered office: 62 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AT Company number: > 1003142. Registered in England. > >