Edward C. Jones wrote:
I have the package "python2.3_2.3.4+2.3.5c1-1_i386.deb" on my Debian sid system. I also compiled the Python tarball. It is in "/usr/local". I would like all of the code that I have written to use Python 2.4 without messing up all the Debian packages that use 2.3. My programs all contain "#! /usr/bin/env python". I would prefer not to change them all. How can I do this?
First: Python 2.4 is available, why not just install it with apt-get? $ apt-cache policy python2.4 python2.4: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.4-3 Second, check out update-alternatives(8). With it, specifically the --install option, you can setup /usr/bin/python or /usr/local/bin/python to be a symlink to /etc/alternatives/python, which you can in turn make a symlink to whichever python interpreter you like. -Roberto -- Roberto Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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