installing older packages...
 

I am trying to install a python-2.3-49 package, but it requires libdb-4.1.so as a dependency. I currently have db-4.2.52-85 installed on SuSE 9.1 Personal. I was wondering if there is a way to install db-4.1-x without causing any harm to my system or could a force install work even though the dependency isn't technically met in the package, but a newer version is installed.

-ozzie

I would first try making a symlink from whatever version is there now to the one you need......Example....and see if system will accept it........