The packman binary of DeVeDe calls for Python >=2.4

Suse 10.1 used exactly that and DeVeDe worked great. Suse 10.2 includes Python 2.5 and now trying to run DeVeDe from the command line nets:A downgrade of Python would be crazy, as this would wipe out half of my apps that depend on 2.5.

Any ideas on how to smooth this out?

tia,

J

Hmmm. No thoughts yet? Perhaps another forum?

Mods: care to move me where I will get better exposure?

J

I had the same prob ... just symlink the /usr/lib/python2.5 directory to /usr/lib/python2.4 and you should be set to go.

Baldrick

No such luck

What else can I try?

J

Thanks to the very kind help of the man who develops DeVeDe I have created a revised version of the program that will work on Suse 10.2 until the next release (in which he promises to have the bug fixed).

DO NOT use a precompiled binary of the current release with python 2.5 installed. The current release looks specifically for python 2.4 and freaks out (as you see above).

Download my revised package at:
http://litljay.com/devede/devede26-suse10.2.tar.bz2(the server is slow right now so be patient)

Uninstall any other version using smart or yast or whatever.

Uncompress my file from above, run ./install.sh as root, and run devede from the command line.

Life should be good until the next release appears as a binary in the packman repo (or wherever). Then go back to the directory where you uncompressed it and run ./uninstall.sh before installing the binary.

In the meantime you can add it to your Kmenu if you want...

J

DeVeDe 2.8 has none of the bugs and all of the meat (so to speak).

For my Suse install, the precompiled binary in the Packman repo works great if you prefer using a package manager. It is only in the Suse 10.1 repo, though. I don't know if there are plans to add it to the 10.2 repo at some point.

Anyways, the link above is no more good, since the latest version gets you where you need to be

J