Python 2.3 on Debian/woody

(installing additional software under /opt as described here )

# apt-get -y install wget bzip2
# apt-get -y install build-essential libreadline4-dev libncurses5-dev gettext

# su - opt
$ mkdir -p /opt/src/python-2.3 ; cd /opt/src/python-2.3
$ wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.3.5/Python-2.3.5.tar.bz2
$ tar xjf Python-2.3.5.tar.bz2
$ cd Python-2.3.5
$ mkdir -p /opt/python-2.3 ; ./configure --prefix=/opt/python-2.3
$ make
$ make install

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Additional Modules for Python

Python Imaging Library 1.1.4

# apt-get -y install wget gzip
# apt-get -y install mysql

# su - opt
$ mkdir -p /opt/src/pil ; cd /opt/src/pil
$ wget http://effbot.org/downloads/Imaging-1.1.4.tar.gz
$ tar xzvf Imaging-1.1.4.tar.gz
$ cd Imaging-1.1.4/libImaging
$ ./configure
$ make
$ cd ..
$ PATH=/opt/python-2.3/bin:$PATH python setup.py build
$ PATH=/opt/python-2.3/bin:$PATH python setup.py install

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MySQL for Python 1.2.0

# apt-get -y install wget gzip
# apt-get -y install build-essential zlib1g-dev libmysqlclient10-dev libssl-dev

# su - opt
$ to be continued...