downgrading python

dmrobbin · May 13, 2009, 9:39pm

Hi Folks

I installed openSuse 11.1 64 bit in order to play some games with blender (3-D animation package). blender needs python 2.5 but openSuse comes with 2.6. Any advice on how to downgrade to an earlier version of python?

Thanks
Dave

Monex · May 13, 2009, 9:45pm

Hi,

you should grab the python source code and compile and install python to a different directory. Maybe Python v2.5 and v2.6 together on openSUSE 11.1 - openSUSE Forums gives you some hints how to do this.

Hope this helps

dmrobbin · May 13, 2009, 9:54pm

looks promising

thanks
Dave

dmrobbin · May 13, 2009, 10:07pm

that did the trick
I now have to start the version of blender I downloaded with


./blender $PYTHONHOME=/usr/local/lib

BTW, the reason I’m not using the version of blender from the repos is that it seems to have the game engine disabled, can’t imagine why

Dave

Monex · May 14, 2009, 9:36am

Hi,

glad to see that you’ve got it working now. I’ve looked into the spec file of the blender RPM and you were right, the game engine is explicit disabled. Anyway now it works for you

Have a lot of fun

dmrobbin · May 14, 2009, 12:11pm

hmm,

now blender works fine without giving it the path to the python library. I guess it needed a reboot to pick up the new lib
anyway, it works great now
thanx for the help

Dave