The ubuntu version is 18.04. The pc is in a environment which can't access internet, but can acess to a limited storage with apt and pip packages. I am trying to install distutils_3.7 on it (I use python3.7 mostly and it takes a lot of effort to install various python libs without internet so not considering upgrading yet).
At first I tried to install with:
apt install python3-distutils
, then it shows the message:
python3-distutils is already the newest version(3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04)
So i realized that that is a python3.8 installed on the system (but why ubuntu1~20.04? ). Nevertheless I download a "python3-distutils_3.7.3-1_all.deb" and
dpkg -i python3-distutils_3.7.3-1_all.deb
then it shows the message:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-distutils:
python3-distutils depends on python3 (<< 3.8); however:
Version of python3 on system is 3.8.2-0ubuntu2.
So I tried to remove python3.8 via
apt remove python3.8
then in the hope that it would install distutils for my python3.7 now, I tried:
apt install python3-distutils
sadly it shows the message, implying it's going to install both distutils for 3.8 along with python3.8:
The following additional packages will be installed:
python3 python3-lib2to3 python3.8
So I selected no, and then again i tried to force it to install python3-distutils_3.7 by:
dpkg -i python3-distutils_3.7.3-1_all.deb
Then it shows the message:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-distutils:
python3-distutils depends on python3 (>= 3.7.1-1~); however:
Package python3 is not installed.
python3-distutils depends on python3 (<< 3.8); however:
Package python3 is not installed.
But if i type:python3 -V or python -V
It both shows:
Python 3.7.5
So it seems the python3.7 I have been using is recognized as python3 somehow but not when I tried to install distutils? Is there a method for me to install distutils for my python3.7 in this situation? I don't care if there will be a python3.8 or other version on my system though.
