diff --git a/installing-virtualenv-on-python-2.4-or-lower..md b/installing-virtualenv-on-python-2.4-or-lower..md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5f4282d --- /dev/null +++ b/installing-virtualenv-on-python-2.4-or-lower..md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Support was dropped from version 1.1 +https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/changes/#id38 + +Install that which works for the 2.4 line of python +https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip/1.1 + +I guess I will need to double check every pip package version for installation into 2.4 + +$ pyenv global 2.4.3 + +$ pip install pip==1.1 +Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pip==1.1 in /home/aaron/.pyenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pip-1.1-py2.4.egg +Cleaning up... + +pip install virtualenv==1.7.2 +Downloading/unpacking virtualenv==1.7.2 + Downloading virtualenv-1.7.2.tar.gz (2.2Mb): 2.2Mb downloaded + Running setup.py egg_info for package virtualenv + warning: no previously-included files matching '*' found under directory 'docs/_templates' + warning: no previously-included files matching '*' found under directory 'docs/_build' +Installing collected packages: virtualenv + Running setup.py install for virtualenv + warning: no previously-included files matching '*' found under directory 'docs/_templates' + warning: no previously-included files matching '*' found under directory 'docs/_build' + Installing virtualenv script to /home/aaron/.pyenv/versions/2.4.3/bin + Installing virtualenv-2.4 script to /home/aaron/.pyenv/versions/2.4.3/bin +Successfully installed virtualenv +Cleaning up... + + +$ pyenv virtualenv 2.4.3 python243 +New python executable in /home/aaron/.pyenv/versions/2.4.3/envs/python243/bin/python2.4 +Also creating executable in /home/aaron/.pyenv/versions/2.4.3/envs/python243/bin/python +Installing setuptools.............done. +Installing pip...............done. +Installing pip from https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py... +Unknown option: -s +usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ... +Try `python -h' for more information. +error: failed to install pip via get-pip.py + +pyenv virtualenv 2.4.3 python243 +pyenv-virtualenv: `/home/aaron/.pyenv/versions/python243' already exists. + +This still fails, but at lease the venv is now working. +. $PYENV_ROOT/versions/python243/bin/activate + +More reading. +https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/issues/838 +