Hi,

I need to install python 2.7 on my laptop, since it is used for building 
certain browsers.

I know it still runs, since on another system which I upgraded, it is 
still there and still runs, but is not available for 3.16 anymore.

3.15 had it:
https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/v3.15/community/x86/python2

is there a way to e.g. download the binary and install it by hand?

Riccardo

Alpine packages are tar.gz archives you can download them from any
mirror, check your /etc/apk/repositories for exact urls.

I'd probably install previous alpine release in a chroot though,
something like this:

apk add --root ~/alp-3.15 --initdb --allow-untrusted --repository
https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/alpine/v3.15/main alpine-base
chroot ~/alp-3.15 /bin/sh

You can also use tools like unshare and bwrap to install and chroot
without root rights.

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 1:55 AM Riccardo Mottola
<riccardo.mottola@libero.it> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I need to install python 2.7 on my laptop, since it is used for building
> certain browsers.
>
> I know it still runs, since on another system which I upgraded, it is
> still there and still runs, but is not available for 3.16 anymore.
>
> 3.15 had it:
> https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/v3.15/community/x86/python2
>
> is there a way to e.g. download the binary and install it by hand?
>
> Riccardo