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  • 1.  Python 3.9.24 environment problem

    Posted 5 days ago

    Hello,

    I was using python 3.9 in a venv with fileset python3.9.base 3.9.23.0 installed. I installed version 3.9.24.0 of the fileset and my python venv is not working anymore. Links /usr/bin/python3 and /usr/opt/python3/bin/python3 has disapeared.

    Is it a normal behaviour of installation of version 3.9.24 ? Can I recreate the links safely ?

    Regards,

    Marc Baguelin



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    Marc Baguelin
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  • 2.  RE: Python 3.9.24 environment problem

    Posted 5 days ago

    From fileset python3.9.base 3.9.23.1 onwards, the symlinks are removed as python3.9 went out of support recently. This is to make python3.11 (python3.11.base 3.11.13.1) as the default python3. 

    # cat /usr/opt/python3/python3.9_README | grep "3.9.23.1" -A 3 
    From 3.9.23.1 fileset onwards, python3.9 is not the default python3.
    python3.11 is the default python3 now (from python3.11.base 3.11.13.1
    fileset onwards).

    --
    3.9.23.1
    ========
        - No more the default python3 (symlinks for python3 and other binaries removed)


    # cat /usr/opt/python3/python3.11_README | grep "3.11.13.1" -A 3
    3.11.13.1
    =========
         - Make python3.11 as the default python3



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    Ayappan P
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  • 3.  RE: Python 3.9.24 environment problem

    Posted 5 days ago

    Hello Ayappan,

    Thank you for you quick answer. So I understand that recreating the links is not a good idea, I shall install Python 3.11.

    After installing Python 3.11, is there a way to update existing venv or is it necessary to recreate them ?

    Regards,

    Marc Baguelin



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    Marc Baguelin
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  • 4.  RE: Python 3.9.24 environment problem

    Posted 5 days ago

    We have to recreate the venv once again as this is a different python major version. Also pip is not shipped with python3.11. So one has to create a venv using "--without-pip" option. 
    python3.11 -m venv <dir> --without-pip
    These info are available at /usr/opt/python3/python3.11_README file 



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    Ayappan P
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  • 5.  RE: Python 3.9.24 environment problem

    Posted 3 days ago

    Hello Ayappan,

    Many thanks for your answers.

    Regards,



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    Marc Baguelin
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