[BRLTTY] Firelynx v0.1.0

[S. Massy]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 10:10:18AM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jun 2026, Adrian P. van Bloois wrote:
> 
> > I have one problem with firelinux though, my python is too old, I'm
> > running Almalinux 9.8 which has Python 3.6. I install 3.4.10 on the side
> > but there is selinux only on 3.6.
> > So, which level of python do I have to install???
> 
> You need Python 3.8 at the very least, and I'd aim for 3.9 or newer. The 
> hard requirement is Selenium 4.x (needs 3.8+); Firelynx's own code runs 
> on 3.7+. Python 3.4 is far too old and it won't run Firelynx or a 
> current Selenium, so set that one aside. The "selenium only on 3.6" you 
> saw is the old system package, not the Selenium 4.x Firelynx uses.
> 
> You don't need to build Python from source. AlmaLinux 9 packages newer 
> ones. Just install 3.12 and run Firelynx from a virtualenv built with 
> it, so it's isolated from the system Python:
For those who might not have access to the appropriate system packages
or can't, or don't want to, install them, you might look into a utility
like mamba or UV which will allow you to install concurrent versions of
Python in your $HOME and manage environments in a quick and flexible
manner.
Regards,
S.M.
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