Hi Chris,
On Wed, Nov 06, 2024 at 10:54:17PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> I have an OKI scanner which has a neat little linux app for running it
> from a linux desktop. However it hasn't been updated from python 2.7
> days and I'm looking at ways I might get it to run on my recently
> upgraded Debian 12 system.
I'm pretty sure that someone somewhere is maintaining a Python 2
compatible interpreter so I'd probably install that from source
somewhere and use that as the interpreter just for this one app.
It is my understanding that no other project can call itself "Python"
due to trademark laws so forks of Python 2 have to call themselves
something else. One example would be Tauthon:
https://github.com/naftaliharris/tauthon
I have never tried it.
It seems like a lot of work for what must be itself an abandoned app
(otherwise it would have Python 3 support by now).
Thanks,
Andy
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