install python
download python tarball of python here.

untar and change to the directory in your terminal and run config:

./configure --prefix=/opt/python-2.4.3

run make to compile the stuff:

make

and then install it:

make install

install zope

download tarball here

./configure --with-python=/opt/python-2.4.3/bin/python --prefix=/opt/zope-2.9.3
make
make install

after that you are ready to create a zope instance:

/opt/zope-2.9.3/mkzopeinstance.py