# Python 2.7 support for SLES 11 **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Updates\ **Created:** [May 24, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/python-2-7-support-for-sles-11/22666 "2012-05-24T16:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![michaelbartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@michaelbartz](https://forums.suse.com/u/michaelbartz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/python-2-7-support-for-sles-11/22666/1 "2012-05-24T16:27:41Z")
When will Python 2.7 be supported for SLES 11? How is that process managed? ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/python-2-7-support-for-sles-11/22666/2 "2012-05-24T18:21:51Z")
> [@michaelbartz](#): > > When will Python 2.7 be supported for SLES 11? How is that process > managed? Hi You would need to create an Enhancement request (via bugzilla), AFAIK it’s still using 2.6 for stability reasons… – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.1 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.1.10-1.9-desktop up 16:04, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![michaelbartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@michaelbartz](https://forums.suse.com/u/michaelbartz)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/python-2-7-support-for-sles-11/22666/3 "2012-06-08T06:11:40Z")
[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;4836]Hi You would need to create an Enhancement request (via bugzilla), AFAIK it’s still using 2.6 for stability reasons… – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.1 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.1.10-1.9-desktop up 16:04, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU[/QUOTE] Thanks, Malcolm. I suspect more compatibility than stability is at play here. We have been totally unsuccessful in installing a Python 2.7 executable on SLES 11. Any pointers would be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/python-2-7-support-for-sles-11/22666/4 "2012-06-16T08:07:24Z")
> [@michaelbartz](#): > > malcolmlewis;4836 Wrote:[color=blue] > > > Hi > > You would need to create an Enhancement request (via bugzilla), > > AFAIK it’s still using 2.6 for stability reasons… > > > > – > > Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) > > openSUSE 12.1 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.1.10-1.9-desktop > > up 16:04, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.05 > > CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU[/color] > > Thanks, Malcolm. > > I suspect more compatibility than stability is at play here. > > We have been totally unsuccessful in installing a Python 2.7 executable > on SLES 11. Any pointers would be helpful. Hi You would need to look at using the Open Build Service and linking packages to devel:languages:python and building against your SLE target. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.31-0.9-default up 7:15, 3 users, load average: 0.47, 0.40, 0.35 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![niessepe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@niessepe](https://forums.suse.com/u/niessepe)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/python-2-7-support-for-sles-11/22666/5 "2012-11-14T14:20:10Z")
It also appears that on SLES11 SP1, the python version is python-2.6.8-0.15.1, whereas in SP2, it’s python-2.6.0-8.12.2. There are some patches to go to 2.6.8-0.13.1 in the patchfinder, but python-devel is missing and the patches are marked as “restricted”. Is this the normal behaviour? My registration seems to work, I get updates for the kernel, etc. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/python-2-7-support-for-sles-11/22666/6 "2012-11-14T15:12:30Z")
> [@](#): > > On Wed 14 Nov 2012 12:24:03 PM CST, niessepe wrote: > > It also appears that on SLES11 SP1, the python version is > python-2.6.8-0.15.1, whereas in SP2, it’s python-2.6.0-8.12.2. There are > some patches to go to 2.6.8-0.13.1 in the patchfinder, but python-devel > is missing and the patches are marked as “restricted”. Is this the > normal behaviour? My registration seems to work, I get updates for the > kernel, etc. Hi You need to add the SDK, this is done via downloading the SDK iso image and adding via YaST add on products; ```auto zypper if python-devel Information for package python-devel: Repository: SLE11-SDK-SP1-Updates Name: python-devel Version: 2.6.8-0.15.1 ..... ``` Once the iso image is added, it adds the relevant online and update repositories. You should also be able to add manually by checking your system mirror credentials via your NCC. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.2 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop up 2 days 11:00, 4 users, load average: 1.18, 0.58, 0.26 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![niessepe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@niessepe](https://forums.suse.com/u/niessepe)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/python-2-7-support-for-sles-11/22666/7 "2012-12-12T13:08:05Z")
Hi Malcolm, thanks for the answer. Indeed I have the SDK registered and get updates (e.g. popt-devel updated from popt-devel-1.7-37.29.29.1 to 1.7-37.50.6). But python refuses to budge: zypper update python Refreshing service ‘nu\_novell\_com’. Loading repository data… Reading installed packages… ‘python’ is already installed. Package ‘python’ is not available in your repositories. Cannot reinstall, upgrade, or downgrade. Resolving package dependencies… Nothing to do. zypper if python Refreshing service ‘nu\_novell\_com’. Loading repository data… Reading installed packages… Information for package python: Repository: @System Name: python Version: 2.6.0-8.12.2 Arch: x86\_64 Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany Support Level: unknown Installed: Yes Status: up-to-date Installed Size: 1.1 MiB Summary: Python Interpreter Description: Python is an interpreted, object-oriented programming language, and is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme, or Java. You can find an overview of Python in the documentation and tutorials included in the python-doc (HTML) or python-doc-pdf (PDF) packages. If you want to install third party modules using distutils, you need to install python-devel package. ---
**Author:** ![mikewillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@mikewillis](https://forums.suse.com/u/mikewillis)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/python-2-7-support-for-sles-11/22666/8 "2012-12-12T14:42:24Z")
> [@niessepe;10637](#): > > zypper update python > Refreshing service ‘nu\_novell\_com’. > Loading repository data… > Reading installed packages… > ‘python’ is already installed. > Package ‘python’ is not available in your repositories. Cannot reinstall, upgrade, or downgrade. Sounds like you’re missing at least a repo. What’s the output of these commands? ` $ zypper lr -u $ zypper packages | grep python` When posting the output wrap it in CODE tags for readability. (Look for the # button in the toolbar.) ---
**Author:** ![niessepe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@niessepe](https://forums.suse.com/u/niessepe)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/python-2-7-support-for-sles-11/22666/9 "2012-12-12T15:44:12Z")
Sorry about the bad code. I hope it’s better now. output of zypper lr -u ```auto # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | URI ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP2 11.2.2-1.234 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP2 11.2.2-1.234 | No | Yes | iso:///?iso=SLES-11-SP2-DVD-x86_64-GM-DVD1.iso&url=nfs://192.168.43.251/srv/nfs/Software/SuSE/ 2 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11-SP2_11.2.2-1.66 | SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 | No | Yes | iso:///?iso=SLE-11-SP2-SDK-DVD-x86_64-GM-DVD1.iso&url=file:///direct/Software/SuSE/ 3 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-SDK-SP1-Pool | SLE11-SDK-SP1-Pool | No | No | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-SDK-SP1-Pool/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 4 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-SDK-SP1-Updates | SLE11-SDK-SP1-Updates | No | No | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-SDK-SP1-Updates/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 5 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | Yes | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 6 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-SDK-SP2-Updates | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Updates | Yes | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-SDK-SP2-Updates/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 7 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-SP1-Debuginfo-Pool | SLE11-SP1-Debuginfo-Pool | No | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-SP1-Debuginfo-Pool/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 8 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-SP1-Debuginfo-Updates | SLE11-SP1-Debuginfo-Updates | No | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-SP1-Debuginfo-Updates/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 9 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Core | SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Core | Yes | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Core/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 10 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Updates | SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Updates | Yes | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Updates/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 11 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-WebYaST-SP1-Pool | SLE11-WebYaST-SP1-Pool | No | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-WebYaST-SP1-Pool/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 12 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-WebYaST-SP1-Updates | SLE11-WebYaST-SP1-Updates | No | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-WebYaST-SP1-Updates/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 13 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-WebYaST-SP2-Pool | SLE11-WebYaST-SP2-Pool | Yes | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-WebYaST-SP2-Pool/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 14 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-WebYaST-SP2-Updates | SLE11-WebYaST-SP2-Updates | Yes | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-WebYaST-SP2-Updates/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 15 | nu_novell_com:SLES11-Extras | SLES11-Extras | No | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES11-Extras/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 16 | nu_novell_com:SLES11-SP1-Pool | SLES11-SP1-Pool | No | No | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP1-Pool/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 17 | nu_novell_com:SLES11-SP1-Updates | SLES11-SP1-Updates | No | No | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP1-Updates/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 18 | nu_novell_com:SLES11-SP2-Core | SLES11-SP2-Core | Yes | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP2-Core/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 19 | nu_novell_com:SLES11-SP2-Extension-Store | SLES11-SP2-Extension-Store | Yes | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP2-Extension-Store/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials 20 | nu_novell_com:SLES11-SP2-Updates | SLES11-SP2-Updates | Yes | Yes | https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP2-Updates/sle-11-x86_64?credentials=NCCcredentials ``` zypper packages | grep python ```auto | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Updates | audit-libs-python | 1.7.7-6.27.1 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Updates | audit-libs-python | 1.7.7-6.27.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Updates | audit-libs-python | 1.7.7-6.23.1 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Updates | audit-libs-python | 1.7.7-6.23.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | audit-libs-python | 1.7.7-6.21.14 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Core | audit-libs-python | 1.7.7-6.21.14 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Updates | libvirt-python | 0.9.6-0.23.1 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Updates | libvirt-python | 0.9.6-0.21.3 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Updates | libvirt-python | 0.9.6-0.19.4 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Updates | libvirt-python | 0.9.6-0.15.71 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Core | libvirt-python | 0.9.6-0.13.42 | x86_64 v | SLES11-SP2-Updates | libxml2-python | 2.7.6-0.21.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Updates | libxml2-python-debuginfo | 2.7.6-0.21.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Updates | libxml2-python-debugsource | 2.7.6-0.21.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | monodevelop-python | 2.4-5.5.179 | noarch i | SLES11-SP2-Core | python-argparse | 1.2.1-2.5.65 | x86_64 | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Updates | python-ethtool | 0.7-0.13.1 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Updates | python-ethtool | 0.7-0.13.1 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Core | python-gnome-extras | 2.19.1-145.38.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Core | python-gnome-extras-debuginfo | 2.19.1-145.38.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Core | python-gnome-extras-debugsource | 2.19.1-145.38.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | python-gnome-extras-doc | 2.19.1-145.38.1 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Core | python-gnome-extras-doc | 2.19.1-145.38.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | python-logilab-astng | 0.22.0-1.7.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | python-logilab-common | 0.56.2-1.7.1 | x86_64 v | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Updates | python-qt | 3.18.1-0.5.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Updates | python-qt-debuginfo | 3.18.1-0.5.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Updates | python-qt-debugsource | 3.18.1-0.5.1 | x86_64 i | SLES11-SP2-Updates | python-satsolver | 0.44.5-0.5.54 | x86_64 v | SLES11-SP2-Updates | python-satsolver | 0.44.5-0.5.8 | x86_64 v | SLES11-SP2-Core | python-satsolver | 0.42.0-6.7.31 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Core | python-sssd-config | 1.5.11-0.9.96 | x86_64 | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | python-yui | 0.1.0-14.5.91 | x86_64 | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | python-zypp | 0.5.3-1.5.165 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Core | python-zypp | 0.5.3-1.5.165 | x86_64 i | SLES11-SP2-Core | rpm-python | 4.4.2.3-37.46.7 | x86_64 | SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Core | rpm-python-debuginfo | 4.4.2.3-37.46.7 | x86_64 | SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Core | rpm-python-debugsource | 4.4.2.3-37.46.7 | x86_64 | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Updates | sax2-libsax-python | 8.1-561.559.1 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Updates | sax2-libsax-python | 8.1-561.559.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | sax2-libsax-python | 8.1-561.557.1 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Core | sax2-libsax-python | 8.1-561.557.1 | x86_64 | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | subversion-python | 1.6.17-1.11.1 | x86_64 i | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | yast2-python-bindings | 2.17.4-1.32.115 | x86_64 i | SLES11-SP2-Core | yast2-python-bindings | 2.17.4-1.32.115 | x86_64 | SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Core | yast2-python-bindings-debuginfo | 2.17.4-1.32.115 | x86_64 | SLE11-SP2-Debuginfo-Core | yast2-python-bindings-debugsource | 2.17.4-1.32.115 | x86_64 | SLES11-SP2-Core | zypp-plugin-python | 0.3-2.5.38 | x86_64 ``` An rpm -qi of python yields: ```auto Name : python Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2.6.0 Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany Release : 8.12.2 Build Date: Fri May 6 17:10:04 2011 Install Date: Mon Sep 19 14:01:21 2011 Build Host: falla Group : Development/Languages/Python Source RPM: python-2.6.0-8.12.2.src.rpm Size : 1186111 License: X11/MIT Signature : RSA/8, Fri May 6 17:10:18 2011, Key ID e3a5c360307e3d54 Packager : http://bugs.opensuse.org URL : http://www.python.org/ Summary : Python Interpreter Description : Python is an interpreted, object-oriented programming language, and is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme, or Java. You can find an overview of Python in the documentation and tutorials included in the python-doc (HTML) or python-doc-pdf (PDF) packages. If you want to install third party modules using distutils, you need to install python-devel package. Authors: -------- Guido van Rossum Distribution: SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ``` ---
**Author:** ![mikewillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@mikewillis](https://forums.suse.com/u/mikewillis)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/python-2-7-support-for-sles-11/22666/10 "2012-12-12T21:38:21Z")
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