Python 1.3 binaries
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Each file in this directory is a gzipped tar file containing (usually)
just a single executable named "python".
The filename indicates the hardware vendor, OS name, and major and
minor version on which the binary was built. Usually binaries will
also run on versions of the same OS with a lower minor version number,
but not on versions with a lower major number. Higher minor version
numbers shouldn't give any problems, and even a higher major version
often works (due to explicit compatibility built into newer versions).
For instance, a binary built for IRIX 5.2 will run on IRIX 5.1 and 5.3
but not on IRIX 4.x; it will likely run on IRIX 6.x as well.
Binaries named "ilupython..." have ILU (Xerox PARC's Inter Language
Unification project) built in. See
<URL:
ftp://ftp.parc.xerox.com/pub/ilu/1.8/manual-html/manual_toc.html>.
[Note that all packages starting with 'python-' were contributed for
inclusion in the O'Reilly Python book, and include tkinter and dbm
modules for that platform.]
Unless otherwise stated in an accompanying README file, all binaries are
built with /usr/local/lib/python as the location for the Python library,
and support dynamic loading of modules, GNU readline and as many modules
as reasonable on the platform, including stdwin and tkinter, but
excluding separate extensions like X11 (Xt, Xm etc.). (Actually, the
presence of the latter set of options is rather variable per platform.
You'll just have to test it out. If you manage to build a binary from
source for your platform that contains a superset of the modules in the
version found here, I'd like to hear from you.)
For non-Unix PC binaries, see the directories ../nt/ (Windows NT, but will
also run on Windows 3.1(1)), ../pc/ (OS/2, DOS and Windows 3.1(1)),
./pythonwin, and ../wpy. Irmen de Jong has been maintaining an Amiga
build, see <
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~irmen/python.html>.
