[Zope] Two Pythons and PIL module newbie question..

Chris Beaumont cbeaumon@msri.org
Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:31:49 -0700


Jim,

I am sure you are right, but I am not of a mind to reinstall my whole
system right now for the sake of making thumbnails..

:(

Maybe in two months, when I have a little break in my (very busy) work schedule..

So, is there any way I can install PIL into the working Zope (binary)
install, or use symbolic links to make Zope see the deb-installed PIL?
(my working zope install was installed from the Linux binary, non-deb,
that was available from zope.org)

Thank you,

Chris



Jim Penny wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 02:26:46PM -0700, Chris Beaumont wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm sorry to ask such a dumbish newbie question..
> >
> > I am using the Zope binary release on a Debian Linux system. Debian of
> > course comes with its own Python, so now there are two Pythons on my
> > server box. I recently installed PIL from a .deb, and now I am finding
> > that my Zope installation can't see it.
> 
> Don't.  Install from source or use the debian binary.
> 
> The Linux binary package from zope.org is a bletcherous mistake.  it enables
> new users (who normally have a perfectly good python installed) to get running
> more quickly, at the cost of being really confused on where to put things and
> how to install python extensions.
> 
> The source install takes all of 20 minutes, and is dead easy, i.e.
> unpack and make wo_pcgi
> 
> zope is apt-gettable in both sid (unstable) and woody (testing).
> while I personally do not like the FHS mandated locations the
> .deb uses, they are quite in line with all other debian packages.
> 
> Jim
> 
> >
> > (I assume because my Zope's Python needs to be told where to look for it)
> >
> > What is the proper way (or configuration files I need to edit/link I
> > need to create, etc?) to rectify this situation?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> >
> > Also.. another related question.. is there any way the PIL could be
> > available to both Pythons without a conflict, or having to install it again..
> >
> > Thanks..
> > Chris
> >
> >