Hello, In the Message; Subject : Re: youtube download problems Message-ID : <dbb17970-0e5f-6dc3-2e06-db584c7d8161@sweet-haven.com> Date & Time: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 22:03:52 -0700 [LW] == Lew Wolfgang <wolfgang@sweet-haven.com> has written: [...] MN> > # update-alternatives --config python3 MN> > then choose the python3 you have installed. LW> It makes me nervous to do it that way. I installed Anaconda instead which LW> gives me: Python 3.11.3, and it doesn't touch Leap's python. LW> Just two days ago one of my users (who has root) tried to load an updated LW> python and failed miserably. He wound up removing lots of system dependencies LW> and borked his system. We were able to figure out what he deleted from his LW> zypper log and ran it backwards to restore his system. We need to reconsider LW> his having root! I understand your two points about 1). not giving people too much root privileges and 2). not allowing them to use the zypper command without reason, but I can't understand your opinion about python. I don't see any serious system dependencies in Tumbleweed that you are complaining about. Regards. --- ┏━━┓彡 野宮 賢 mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "Maddox hopes that empowering users to pick their own algorithms will get them to think more about what’s involved in making them. " -- Bluesky's Custom Algorithms Could Be the Future of Social Media --