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PONeed to build (or otherwise obtain) python-devel 2.3 and add to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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copied!<p>I am supporting an application with a hard dependency on python-devel 2.3.7. The application runs the python interpreter embedded, attempting to load libpython2.3.so - but since the local machine has libpython2.4.so under /usr/lib64, the application is failing.</p> <p>I see that there are RPMs for python-devel (but not version 2.3.x). Another wrinkle is that I don't want to overwrite the existing python under /usr/lib (I don't have su anyway). What I want to do is place the somewhere in my home directory (i.e. /home/noahz/lib) and use PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the older version for this application. </p> <p>What I'm trying to find out (but can't seem to craft the right google search for) is:</p> <p>1) Where do I download python-devel-2.3 or libpython2.3.so.1.0 (if either available)</p> <p>2a) If I can't download python-devel-2.3, how do I build libpython2.3.so from source (already downloaded Python-2.3.tgz and </p> <p>2b) Is building libpython2.3.so.1.0 from source and pointing to it with LD_LIBRARY_PATH good enough, or am I going to run into other problems (other dependencies)</p> <p>3) In general, am I approaching this problem the right way? </p> <p><strong>ADDITIONAL INFO:</strong></p> <ul> <li><p>I attempted to symlink (ln -s) to the later version. This caused the app to fail silently.</p></li> <li><p>Distro is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5) - for x86_64</p></li> </ul>

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