On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Jan Hapala <j...@hapala.cz> wrote: > I need to install a program (MACS: http://liulab.dfci.harvard.edu/MACS/) for > which I need to have Python2.6 installed. > > I do have two other Pythons installed but not this version.
Is one of those Pythons a 2.7? If so, MACS will probably run with that. The only problem is that the dpkg installer doesn't know that you have the right dependencies. This isn't a Python question, it's a Debian packaging one, but I happen to know one of the ways to deal with this: the 'equivs' system. Since you've now installed Python 2.6 from source, you do have it, so all you need to do is make a dummy package called (or providing) python2.6. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-helpers.en.html I used this system at work for several packages where I wanted to run a newer version of something than the repos provided. Saved us a lot of hassle. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
