I am using SuSE 8.2 and I found the rpm's on rpmfind.net. The distribution came with python 2.2.2 but I need python 2.2.3. I looked for new SuSE packages but did not find them. I will follow your suggestion and download the src rpm and rebuild it. Mike

What Linux distribution and release are you using? Where did you get those RPM packages from? You really should only use RPM packages for your specific distribution and release. Ideally, you should use the ones that came as a part of your distribution, if available.

For example, Red Hat Linux 7.3 has python2 RPMs that come with it, and newer bug-fixed ones available as errata updates (ftp://updates.redhat.com/):

python2-2.2.2-3.7.3.i386.rpm python2-devel-2.2.2-3.7.3.i386.rpm python2-docs-2.2.2-3.7.3.i386.rpm

and Red Hat Linux 9 already has python 2 as the default:

python-2.2.2-26.i386.rpm python-optik-1.4-2.noarch.rpm python-docs-2.2.2-26.i386.rpm python-devel-2.2.2-26.i386.rpm python-tools-2.2.2-26.i386.rpm

If you just grabbed whatever RPM packages you could find, they are probably not built against the proper versions of your system libraries, which in your case are openssl and rpm. You cannot just upgrade system libraries without breaking much of the rest of your system.

If you must have that particular version of python2, consider recompiling the src.rpm so that it will be built against your exact system library versions:

rpmbuild --rebuild python2-2.2.3-1.src.rpm

Then install the resulting binary rpms that are built:

rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/python2-2.2.3-1.i386.rpm

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