[NBLUG/talk] installing older versions of python

[jeff at dreadidread.homelinux.org]

Hi All,

I have recently set up a new server using Mandrake 8.0.
I want to install Zope, but it requires an older version of python. I think the
default python version is 2.3, and Zope wants 2.1.3.

I downloaded a couple python 2.1.3 rpms. Now I'm getting into dependency issues.
It's looking for libcrypt.so.2, readline.so.4, and the like. I went out and
found some other rpms to cover the dependency issue, but they won't install,
because there's already a newer version there.

I've looked for documentation at python.org and zope.org, but I'm not finding
any info regarding how to set up an older version of python for Zope.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,

Jeff