"Weatherby,Gerard" <gweathe...@uchc.edu> writes: > It’s really going to depend on the distribution and whether you have root > access.
I am interested in providing a package for people with root access for a variety of distributions. > If you have Ubuntu and root access, you can add the deadsnakes repo, > https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes, and install whatever Python you > want. I myself have this part covered via EasyBuild, https://easybuild.io/, which will work on any distro. How anybody else installs a given version Python will be left as an exercise for them (potential users of the software are however unlikely to be using Ubuntu). > The default ‘python3’ remains but you can called a specific Python, (e.g. > python3.10). > > A typical shebang line would be: > > #!/usr/bin/env python3.10 I am currently using poetry to build the package and uses a 'scripts' section in the pyproject.toml file to produce stubs to call the main program. These have the shebang #!/usr/bin/python3 So if I can get poetry to use '/usr/bin/env' instead, then I can probably just rely on whatever mechanism other people use to switch between Python versions to do the right thing. Cheers, Loris > From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+gweatherby=uchc....@python.org> > on behalf of Loris Bennett <loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> > Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 12:27 PM > To: python-list@python.org <python-list@python.org> > Subject: Distributing program for Linux > *** Attention: This is an external email. Use caution responding, opening > attachments or clicking on links. *** > > Hi, > > If I write a system program which has Python >= 3.y as a dependency, > what are the options for someone whose Linux distribution provides > Python 3.x, where x < y? > > I am aware that an individual user could use (mini)conda to install a > more recent version of Python in his/her home directory, but I am > interested in how root would install such a program. > > Cheers, > > Loris > > -- > This signature is currently under constuction. > -- > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!l02A4qczH46l1ScA8yisiIwlDKh96sy16woPSOSABWqym4b6dBtHzExfFwZsnPDezDwDqaM0fdCMs3080WQQZ-b5OghOOpI$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!l02A4qczH46l1ScA8yisiIwlDKh96sy16woPSOSABWqym4b6dBtHzExfFwZsnPDezDwDqaM0fdCMs3080WQQZ-b5OghOOpI$> -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Herr/Mr) ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
