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  • Austin
    #1

    Python on Linux

    On Red Hat 9, Python is installed by default and it's version is 2.2.2
    If I want to upgrade Python to 2.3.4(newer version), how could I do?
    If I compile source code of Python, how do I uninstall the old version?
    I tried rpm packages but failed with dependence.
    Could everyone give me a advise?


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    • Paul Rubin
      #2
      Re: Python on Linux

      "Austin" <austin@maxtron ic.com.tw> writes:[color=blue]
      > On Red Hat 9, Python is installed by default and it's version is 2.2.2
      > If I want to upgrade Python to 2.3.4(newer version), how could I do?
      > If I compile source code of Python, how do I uninstall the old version?
      > I tried rpm packages but failed with dependence.[/color]


      I didn't try the rpm's. Just get the source tarball, configure, make,
      and make install.

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        • Nick Coghlan
          #3
          Re: Python on Linux

          Paul Rubin wrote:[color=blue]
          > "Austin" <austin@maxtron ic.com.tw> writes:
          >[color=green]
          >>On Red Hat 9, Python is installed by default and it's version is 2.2.2
          >>If I want to upgrade Python to 2.3.4(newer version), how could I do?
          >>If I compile source code of Python, how do I uninstall the old version?
          >>I tried rpm packages but failed with dependence.[/color]
          >
          >
          >
          > I didn't try the rpm's. Just get the source tarball, configure, make,
          > and make install.[/color]

          Although one might argue that make altinstall is a safer approach ;)

          (Any scripts using "/usr/bin/env python" would then continue to use Python 2.2)

          Cheers,
          Nick.

          --
          Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@email. com | Brisbane, Australia
          ---------------------------------------------------------------
          http://boredomandlaziness.skystorm.net

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            • Tim Roberts
              #4
              Re: Python on Linux

              "Austin" <austin@maxtron ic.com.tw> wrote:[color=blue]
              >
              >On Red Hat 9, Python is installed by default and it's version is 2.2.2
              >If I want to upgrade Python to 2.3.4(newer version), how could I do?
              >If I compile source code of Python, how do I uninstall the old version?[/color]

              You don't want to uninstall the old version. Red Hat installs packages
              that are needed for its configuration scripts.
              --
              - Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
              Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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